Amphitrite with Nereids and Tritons carried on dolphins
Maker
(artist)
1566-1651
1566-1651
Title
Amphitrite with Nereids and Tritons carried on dolphins
Date of Production
1620 - 1630
Medium
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown and grey wash on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 12.8 cm
Width: 21.2 cm
Width: 21.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2780
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; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Master Drawings of the 17th century from the Witt Collection, Art Gallery of South Australia, Festival Exhibitions, Adelaide, 1968
Literature
Bolten, Jaap, Abraham Bloemaert c. 1565-1651: the drawings, 2007
no. 544 on p. 192
fig. 544 on p. 251
Roethlisberger, Marcel G. and Marten Jan Bok, Abraham Bloemaert and his sons, Doornspijk 1993
p. 277 under no. 423
Bosque, Andrée de, Mythologie et maniérisme aux Pays-Bas 1570-1630. Peintures-Dessins, Antwerp 1985
p. 281
ill. on p. 280 ...More
T. Gerszi, Netherlandish Drawings in the Budapest Museum, Amsterdam, 1971.
I, p. 24, under no. 16, n. 3 ...Less
no. 544 on p. 192
fig. 544 on p. 251
Roethlisberger, Marcel G. and Marten Jan Bok, Abraham Bloemaert and his sons, Doornspijk 1993
p. 277 under no. 423
Bosque, Andrée de, Mythologie et maniérisme aux Pays-Bas 1570-1630. Peintures-Dessins, Antwerp 1985
p. 281
ill. on p. 280 ...More
T. Gerszi, Netherlandish Drawings in the Budapest Museum, Amsterdam, 1971.
I, p. 24, under no. 16, n. 3 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink: "A Blomaert.".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink: "A Blomaert.".
Collector's mark: none.
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