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Woman at a spinet

Maker

(artist)
1741-1825

Title

Woman at a spinet

Date of Production

(circa) 1796 - 1800

Medium

graphite, watercolour on laid paper, the upper corners rounded

Dimensions

Height: 45.9 cm
Width: 30 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3092

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

Dr Carl Robert Rudolf, London (1884-1974); acquired from him in an exchange by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Fuseli and the Modern Woman: Fashion, Fantasy, Fetishism, Kunsthaus Zurich, 24/02/2023-21/05/2023

Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 01/09/1960-01/10/1960

Paintings and drawings by Fuseli, Arts Council, London, 1950

Literature

Schiff, Gert, Johann Heinrich Füssli, 1741-1825, Zurich: Verlag Berichthaus, 1973, 2 vols.
no. 1071

Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 1960
cat. no. 8

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 20 ...More

Paintings and drawings by Fuseli, Arts Council, London, 1950
cat. no. 57

David H Solkin, Füssli, Mode, Fetisch, Fantasie, Verlag Scheidegger & Spiess, 2023
cat. no. 32
p. 127, p. 165

Solkin, Gottardo, Fuseli and the Modern Woman: Fashion, Fantasy, and Fetishism, The Courtauld Gallery, Kunsthaus Zurich, Paul Holberton Publishing, London, 2023.
cat. no. 32
p. 127, 164 ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: "J WHATMAN".

Inscription: none.

Collector's mark: none.

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