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Two boys, one playing a tambourine

Maker

(artist)
1659-1722

Title

Two boys, one playing a tambourine

Date of Production

1600 - 1799

Medium

grey and brown wash on laid paper, squared in brown ink, incised for transfer, with brown ink framing lines, the verso prepared with black chalk

Dimensions

Height: 21.9 cm
Width: 14.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2872

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

Jacob Klein, Frankfurt am Main (19th-early 20th century), L.1481b (his sale catalogue, Frankfurter Kunstvereins, 7 December 1910, lot 110); sale cancelled as the collection purchased en bloc by Antiquariat J. Halle, Munich; F.A. Drey, London; given from there to Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Gaehtgens, Barbara, Adriaen van der Werff (1659-1722), Munich 1987
p. 207 under no. 9A.
ill. on p. 206

Inscriptions

Watermark: Recto: upper left corner: Vryheyt (difficult to see clearly, though looks like it matches Churchill 111 – dated 1669-1755).

Inscription: Recto: lower right edge, brown ink, signed by the artist: “Ad. vanderwerff.”. Verso: upper centre, graphite: “Studie z v. Bier in v. Munchner alta Pinakotek / Catalog No. 466 A van der Werff”; centre, graphite, underlined: “W89”; lower left corner graphite, faded: “A. V. d Werf / 610. / […]”; lower centre edge, graphite: “v. der Werff”; lower right corner, graphite: “cf 9604”.

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left, stamped in purple ink: Jacob Klein (L.1481b); lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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