Abundance holding a cornucopia triumphing over Avarice (after Rubens's Whitehall Ceiling)
Maker
(artist)
1600-1699
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1606-1669
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1584-1669
1600-1699
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1606-1669
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1584-1669
Title
Abundance holding a cornucopia triumphing over Avarice (after Rubens's Whitehall Ceiling)
Date of Production
1636 - 1699
Medium
black chalk with stumping on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 37.8 cm
Width: 26.4 cm
Width: 26.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3048
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
Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 129
p. 129
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: upper centre: a cross above "IHS" (no match in Heawood and Peter Bower had no further information).
Inscription: Verso: upper right edge, light brown ink, cut off: "[...] Rubbens.".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Verso: upper right edge, light brown ink, cut off: "[...] Rubbens.".
Collector's mark: none.
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