Hunting scene
Maker
(artist)
1555-1630
1555-1630
Title
Hunting scene
Medium
pen and brown ink and brown wash on brown laid paper, laid down on a historic mount with brown wash and ink borders
Dimensions
Height: 39.3 cm
Width: 55.2 cm
Width: 55.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2768
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
John Barnard, London (1709-1784); Charles Rogers, London (1711-1784), L.624; his estate sale, T. Philipe (London), 15 - 24 April 1799, lot 634; Charles Francis George Richard Schwerdt (1862-1939); his estate sale, Sotheby’s (London), 27 June 1939, lot 1307; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Captured on Paper, Animals in the Prints and Drawings Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 20/06/2002-11/08/2002
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to the mount.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, written in brown: Charles Rogers (L.624). Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left, graphite, erased and now mostly illegible: "[...] Barnard Rodgers [sic] [...] Collections"; lower left edge, graphite, Schwerdt’s number: “III.222”. Mount (historic), Verso: upper left corner, graphite, faded: “15 g[…]” and below that “Lu”; upper right corner, graphite: “FF”; upper right, brown ink: “393”; lower left corner, graphite: “Tp” and “13 gs / Barnard Collection”; lower centre edge, graphite: “#1”; lower right, brown ink: “Antonio Tempesta / B. at Florence 1555 – D. 1630.”.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, written in brown: Charles Rogers (L.624). Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left, graphite, erased and now mostly illegible: "[...] Barnard Rodgers [sic] [...] Collections"; lower left edge, graphite, Schwerdt’s number: “III.222”. Mount (historic), Verso: upper left corner, graphite, faded: “15 g[…]” and below that “Lu”; upper right corner, graphite: “FF”; upper right, brown ink: “393”; lower left corner, graphite: “Tp” and “13 gs / Barnard Collection”; lower centre edge, graphite: “#1”; lower right, brown ink: “Antonio Tempesta / B. at Florence 1555 – D. 1630.”.
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