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Allegory of the Arts

Maker

(artist)
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

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).

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