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Don Quixote in his study

Maker

(artist)
1694-1739

Title

Don Quixote in his study

Date of Production

1723

Medium

graphite and grey wash on laid paper, incised for transfer, laid down on a historic support with gold and wash borders

Dimensions

Height: 24.2 cm
Width: 19 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3118

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







Notes

George Vertue and T. Loveday both made engravings after this drawing, which is incised. The print by Vertue is dated 1723. There is a print by Loveday in the collection (G.1990.WL.5727).

Provenance

Dr John Percy, London (1818-1889); his estate sale, Christie's (London), 15 - 24 April 1890, lot 1279; purchased there by Ford (?); Puttick & Simpson (London), July 1941; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), for £2.5; Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 53

Inscriptions

Inscription: J. VandrBank del / 1723 //

Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)

Inscription: J Vanderbank del. The original

Collector's mark: collector's mark of Dr John Percy (L.1504)

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