Two boys, one playing a tambourine
Maker
(artist)
1659-1722
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
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
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).
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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