Dog lying on the ground howling

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Maker

(artist)
1579-1657

Title

Dog lying on the ground howling

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

black and white chalk with stumping on brown laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 28.7 cm
Width: 43.9 cm

Object Number

D.1952.RW.2924

Mode of Acquisition

Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952

Credit

Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Verso: centre, graphite: "21"; left lower edge, graphite: "800"; lower left, graphite: "F. Snyders"; lower left edge, brown ink: "fa" (not in Lugt).

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left edge, stamped in black ink: Sir Charles Greville (L.549).

Provenance

Sir Charles Greville (1763-1832), L.549; possibly by descent to his nephew, George Guy, Earl of Warwick (1818-1893); possibly his estate sale, Christie’s (London), 20 - 21 May 1896, lot 378 (with two others); if correct, purchased there by Lauser (?); Sotheby's (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977-January 1978
Birds and beasts: an exhibition of paintings and drawings of five centuries, Matthiessen Gallery, London, 29/05/1953-04/07/1953

Literature

Robels, Hella, Frans Snyders: Stilleben- und Tiermaler 1579-1657, Munich 1989
no. Z52
Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977- January 1978
cat. no. 46
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 130
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Birds and beasts: an exhibition of paintings and drawings of five centuries, Matthiessen Gallery, London, 1953
cat. no. 47
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