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Elijah in the desert

Maker

Dietrich Theodor Meyer I (artist)
1572-1658

Title

Elijah in the desert

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

pen and grey ink, grey wash, white bodycolour on laid paper, framed in grey ink, hinged at the left to a historic support

Dimensions

Height: 18.6 cm
Width: 17.1 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.282

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

Spencer (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d. (63 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: centre: lion holding a sword and shield (matches Piccard 85396 - Freiburg, Breisgau, 1641).

Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, brown ink, signed by the artist: Dieterich Mejer fec.. Support (historic), Recto: lower right, graphite: Dietrich Mejer. / 1571-1678; lower left, on a separate scrap of paper glued down, graphite: (Theodor) the Elder / Dietrich Meyer I / German 1572-1658 / Signed #4; lower centre edge, graphite: #4; lower right corner, graphite: Drawing for a paint.

Collector's mark: none.

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