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Three shells

Maker

Justus van Huysum (artist)
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

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

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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).

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