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Triumph of Bacchus

Maker

(artist)
1640-1711

Title

Triumph of Bacchus

Date of Production

1655 - 1711

Medium

red chalk, pen and brown ink on laid paper, with black ink framing lines, on a historic mount

Dimensions

Height: 30.7 cm
Width: 24.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3076

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

Christie's (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (42 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Roy, Alain, Gérard de Lairesse (1640-1711), Arthena, Paris 1992
D.R. 66

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 127

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to mount.

Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left, graphite, Witt number: "3076"; lower centre, brown ink: "Gerard Lairesse / Born 1640 Died 1711 //".

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