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Defenestration of Prague

Maker

(artist)
1649-1712

Title

Defenestration of Prague

Date of Production

1600 - 1799

Medium

pen and brown ink on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, the verso prepared with black chalk (but not incised for transfer)

Dimensions

Height: 17.5 cm
Width: 13.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2761

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

Puttick & Simpson (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 7 May 1936, lot 126 [seller not listed in catalogue]; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Verso: centre, graphite: "15/"; lower centre, graphite: "126".

Collector's mark: Verso: centre, stamped twice in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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