Healing of Tobias' father
Maker
(artist)
1596-1674
1596-1674
Title
Healing of Tobias' father
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: 39.9 cm
Width: 31.4 cm
Width: 31.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2978
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. 55 (as 'The healing of Toby'); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Gutekunst & Klipstein, Bern, Leonard Bramer: brush drawings in ink, 1938; XXXIX
no. 55
no. 55
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: upper right corner, grey ink: "57". Support (historic), Recto: lower left, graphite, original Witt number: "2978"; lower left, graphite, Gutekunst number: "(55)"; lower centre, graphite: "Heilung des Tobias.". Witt mount, Outercover, Recto: lower right corner, graphite, Lady Witt’s hand: "Leonard Bramer / Dutch 1595-1674 / Healing of Tobias's Father //"; right lower edge, graphite, erased: "25".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: upper right corner, grey ink: "57". Support (historic), Recto: lower left, graphite, original Witt number: "2978"; lower left, graphite, Gutekunst number: "(55)"; lower centre, graphite: "Heilung des Tobias.". Witt mount, Outercover, Recto: lower right corner, graphite, Lady Witt’s hand: "Leonard Bramer / Dutch 1595-1674 / Healing of Tobias's Father //"; right lower edge, graphite, erased: "25".
Collector's mark: none.
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