Allegory of the Arts
Maker
(artist)
1556-1641
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1527-1585
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1532-1603
1556-1641
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1527-1585
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1532-1603
Title
Allegory of the Arts
Date of Production
1570 - 1641
Medium
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper on a historic mount, upper left corner made up
Dimensions
Height: 15.5 cm
Width: 44.2 cm
Width: 44.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3023
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
Charles Rogers, London (1711-1784), L.624; Sir Thomas Lawrence, London (1769-1830), L.2445; Sotheby's (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (5 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Mount (historic), Verso: left centre: JWHATMAN; right centre: shield crossed by two diagonal bands surmounted by a fleur-de-lis, above letters GR.
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left, graphite: two arrows pointing up at collector’s mark on drawing; lower right edge, graphite, faded or erased and hard to read: Sir Thomas Lawrence & Rodgers Collections. Mount (historic), Verso: lower left, graphite: 1975; lower centre, graphite, faded or erased: C. C. Rogers / T. Lawrence.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Charles Rogers (L.624); lower left, blindstamped: Thomas Lawrence (L.2445). Mount (historic), Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left, graphite: two arrows pointing up at collector’s mark on drawing; lower right edge, graphite, faded or erased and hard to read: Sir Thomas Lawrence & Rodgers Collections. Mount (historic), Verso: lower left, graphite: 1975; lower centre, graphite, faded or erased: C. C. Rogers / T. Lawrence.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Charles Rogers (L.624); lower left, blindstamped: Thomas Lawrence (L.2445). Mount (historic), Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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