Lion hunt
Maker
Flanders late 16th century
1575-1599
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1528-1598
1575-1599
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1528-1598
Title
Lion hunt
Date of Production
1545 - 1598
Medium
pen and brown ink, brown wash, white bodycolour on buff laid paper, on a historic support
Dimensions
Height: 7.7 cm
Width: 10 cm
Width: 10 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2765
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
Charles Francis George Richard Schwerdt (1862-1939); his estate sale, Sotheby's (London), 27 June 1939, lot 1219; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 124
p. 124
Inscriptions
Watermark: none visible in the drawing sheet.
Secondary support: upper centre edge: lower half of a Strasburg lily / VDL [monogram].
Inscription: Verso: centre, hidden under support, but visible using the VSC: "Stradano". Support (historic), Verso: centre, graphite; “10. / 1219 Sothebys / 27 June / 1939 / £1.5”; lower right corner, graphite: “2”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Verso: centre, hidden under support, but visible using the VSC: "Stradano". Support (historic), Verso: centre, graphite; “10. / 1219 Sothebys / 27 June / 1939 / £1.5”; lower right corner, graphite: “2”.
Collector's mark: none.
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