Woman at a spinet
Maker
(artist)
1741-1825
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
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
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
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.
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: none.
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