Elijah and the ravens
Maker
(artist)
1596-1674
1596-1674
Title
Elijah and the ravens
Date of Production
(circa) 1630 - 1640
Medium
grey ink, grey wash, white bodycolour, on grey-brown laid paper, laid down on a historic support
Dimensions
Height: 40.2 cm
Width: 30.7 cm
Width: 30.7 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2971
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. 43; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Leonaerdt Bramer 1592-1679, Delft & Netherlands, 10/09/1994-13/11/1994
Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 2: Other than landscape, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1976-77 (Nov.-Feb.)
Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 2: Other than landscape, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1976-77 (Nov.-Feb.)
Literature
Plomp, Michiel C., 'Leonaert Bramer (1596-1674) als ontwerper van decoratie op Delfts aardewerk' in 'Oud Holland Jaargang', 1999 - pp. 197-216; 113, 4
p. 199
fig. 3 on p. 200
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
no. 3 and p. 312 under no. 1
fig. 3 on p. 216
Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 2: Other than landscape, Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1976 - Febr
cat. no. 13
no. 13 ...More
p. 199
fig. 3 on p. 200
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
no. 3 and p. 312 under no. 1
fig. 3 on p. 216
Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 2: Other than landscape, Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1976 - Febr
cat. no. 13
no. 13 ...More
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: upper right corner, grey ink: "43". Support (historic), Recto: lower left, graphite, circled, Gutekunst number: "43"; lower centre, graphite: "Elia wird von Raben gespeist I Kon. 17"; lower left corner, graphite, Witt number: "2971".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: upper right corner, grey ink: "43". Support (historic), Recto: lower left, graphite, circled, Gutekunst number: "43"; lower centre, graphite: "Elia wird von Raben gespeist I Kon. 17"; lower left corner, graphite, Witt number: "2971".
Collector's mark: none.
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