Elijah in the desert
Maker
Dietrich Theodor Meyer I (artist)
1572-1658
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
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.
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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