Worship of the Golden Calf
Maker
(artist)
1596-1674
1596-1674
Title
Worship of the Golden Calf
Date of Production
(circa) 1630 - 1640
Medium
black ink, grey wash, white bodycolour on grey-brown laid paper, laid down on a historic support
Dimensions
Height: 39.1 cm
Width: 31.8 cm
Width: 31.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2964
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
possibly a private collection in Freiburg im Breisgau; Gutekunst & Klipstein (Bern), November 1938, no. 28; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Michiel Plomp, Jane Ten Brink Goldsmith, Paul Huys Janssen, Michiel Kersten, John Michael Montias, and Adrienne Quarles von Ufford, Leonaert Bramer (1596-1674): Ingenious Painter and Draughtsman in Rome and Delft, exh. cat., Stedelijk Museum Het Prinsenhof, Delft, 1994
p. 312 under no. 1
Gutekunst & Klipstein, Bern, Leonard Bramer: brush drawings in ink, 1938; XXXIX
no. 28
p. 312 under no. 1
Gutekunst & Klipstein, Bern, Leonard Bramer: brush drawings in ink, 1938; XXXIX
no. 28
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: upper right corner, grey ink: "27". Support (historic), Recto: lower left, graphite, Witt number: "2964"; lower centre, graphite: "Das goldene Kalb II Mose 32."; lower left, graphite circled, Gutekunst number: "28". Witt mount, Outer cover, Recto: lower right corner, graphite, Lady Witt’s hand: "Leonard Bramer / Dutch 1595-1674 / Worship of the Golden Calf. //"
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: upper right corner, grey ink: "27". Support (historic), Recto: lower left, graphite, Witt number: "2964"; lower centre, graphite: "Das goldene Kalb II Mose 32."; lower left, graphite circled, Gutekunst number: "28". Witt mount, Outer cover, Recto: lower right corner, graphite, Lady Witt’s hand: "Leonard Bramer / Dutch 1595-1674 / Worship of the Golden Calf. //"
Collector's mark: none.
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