Three shells
Maker
Justus van Huysum (artist)
1659-1716
1659-1716
Title
Three shells
Date of Production
1600 - 1799
Medium
watercolour (in areas mixed with an oil binder) and silver bodycolour on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 11.6 cm
Width: 21.4 cm
Width: 21.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2753
Mode of Acquisition
Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
probably Williams & Sutch (London); Puttick & Simpson, London; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 7 May 1936, lot 136 [no seller listed in catalogue] for 10 shillings; Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: lower centre edge, fragment: top of a large fleur-de-lis.
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink, signed by the artist: “J Van Huijsem”. Verso: lower right, graphite, unclear but probably mark of Williams & Sutch: “CW / Tv/- //”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink, signed by the artist: “J Van Huijsem”. Verso: lower right, graphite, unclear but probably mark of Williams & Sutch: “CW / Tv/- //”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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