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Maid offered help

Maker

After
(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

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

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

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).

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