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Studies of a dog

Maker

(artist)
1625-1691

Title

Studies of a dog

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

black, white and brown chalk, grey wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, all four corners cut

Dimensions

Height: 22.7 cm
Width: 33.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2779

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

George Guy, Earl of Warwick (1818-1893); his estate sale, Sotheby's (London), 17 June 1936, lot 95; purchased there by Colnaghi (London), on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952) (£6.10); Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: crowned shield containing a posthorn, above letters (12 cm high, 2.3 cm between chain lines - close to, but larger than, Heawood 2723 and 2724 - Amsterdam 1671 and Heawood 2732 - Leiden 1704).

Inscription: none.

Collector's mark: none.

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