Man with three dogs
Maker
(artist)
1701-1774
1701-1774
Title
Man with three dogs
Date of Production
1736
Medium
black chalk, grey wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 25.1 cm
Width: 18.8 cm
Width: 18.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2769
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
possibly Carl Gustav Tessin, Stockholm (1695-1770); Karl Eduard von Liphart, Dorpat, Bonn and Florence (1808-1891), L.1687; by descent to his grandson, Reinhold von Liphart, Rathshof (second half of 19th century), L.1758; Charles Francis George Richard Schwerdt (1862-1939); his estate sale, Sotheby’s (London), 27 June 1939, lot 1295; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952)
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: “I VILLEDARY”.
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink, signed and dated by the artist: “G.P. Rug. Junior: invenit A1736.”. Verso: lower centre, graphite, upside down: “Sotheby / 27 June 1939 / No. 1295 / 15/- the pair //”; right lower edge, graphite, upside down: “7.”; lower right, brown ink: “666” or “999” if upside down; lower right, graphite: “23,7 x 18,6”; lower left corner, graphite: “Hdz 182 / 2 Bll UDT/QD ci //”; lower right corner, graphite: “20”. Support (historic), Recto: upper right corner, graphite: “1004”; upper left, graphite: “7.”; lower right corner, graphite: “20”. Support (historic), Verso: upper left corner, graphite, under and supra-lined: “LI.”; lower left corner, graphite: “Cat. / 62/2 //”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right, stamped in purple ink: Reinhold von Liphart (L.1758); lower left, stamped in black ink: Karl Eduard von Liphart (L.1687).
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink, signed and dated by the artist: “G.P. Rug. Junior: invenit A1736.”. Verso: lower centre, graphite, upside down: “Sotheby / 27 June 1939 / No. 1295 / 15/- the pair //”; right lower edge, graphite, upside down: “7.”; lower right, brown ink: “666” or “999” if upside down; lower right, graphite: “23,7 x 18,6”; lower left corner, graphite: “Hdz 182 / 2 Bll UDT/QD ci //”; lower right corner, graphite: “20”. Support (historic), Recto: upper right corner, graphite: “1004”; upper left, graphite: “7.”; lower right corner, graphite: “20”. Support (historic), Verso: upper left corner, graphite, under and supra-lined: “LI.”; lower left corner, graphite: “Cat. / 62/2 //”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right, stamped in purple ink: Reinhold von Liphart (L.1758); lower left, stamped in black ink: Karl Eduard von Liphart (L.1687).
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