Maid offered help
Maker
After
(artist)
1566-1638
(artist)
1566-1638
Title
Maid offered help
Medium
pen and brown ink, grey wash, white bodycolour on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 18.6 cm
Width: 24.4 cm
Width: 24.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2821
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
Assistance
Provenance
Christie's (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 2: Other than landscape, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1976-77 (Nov.-Feb.)
Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 17/11/1962-22/12/1962
Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 17/11/1962-22/12/1962
Literature
Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 2: Other than landscape, Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1976 - Febr
cat. no. 6
McGrath, Elizabeth, 'A Netherlandish history by Joachim Wtewael' in 'Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes', 1975 - pp. 182-217; XXXVIII
p. 182n2 and p. 183n8
Anthony Blunt and Philip Troutman, Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, 1962
cat. no. 34
cat. no. 6
McGrath, Elizabeth, 'A Netherlandish history by Joachim Wtewael' in 'Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes', 1975 - pp. 182-217; XXXVIII
p. 182n2 and p. 183n8
Anthony Blunt and Philip Troutman, Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, 1962
cat. no. 34
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: foolscap with five points above "4" above three Medici balls (matches Heawood 1926 - dated 1642-43).
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, grey wash: "5"; lower left corner, brown ink, false signature: "J. Uÿtenwael. Fecit.". Verso: upper left, black chalk, underlined: "S. v Seggen van Jochim Wttewael"; lower left, graphite, cursive: "S".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, grey wash: "5"; lower left corner, brown ink, false signature: "J. Uÿtenwael. Fecit.". Verso: upper left, black chalk, underlined: "S. v Seggen van Jochim Wttewael"; lower left, graphite, cursive: "S".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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