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Interior of a forge

Maker

(artist)
1726-1796

Title

Interior of a forge

Date of Production

1794

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, white bodycolour (partly oxidised) on blue laid paper, on a historic mount

Dimensions

Height: 28.6 cm
Width: 42.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3127

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

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Provenance

Robinson, Fisher & Harding (London), 29 July 1937, lot 190; purchased there by Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 17 February 1943 (£4); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Angelika Kauffmann und ihre Zeitgenossen, Vorarlberger Landesmuseum, Bregenz and Osterreichisches Museum fur angewandte Kunst, Vienna, 23/07/1968-01/02/1969

Literature

Angelika Kauffmann und ihre Zeitgenossen, Vorarlberger Landesmuseum, Bregenz and Osterreichisches Museum fur angewandte Kunst, Vienna, 1968 / 1969

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to mount.

Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, brown bodycolour, signed by the artist and reinforced by a later hand: “Ant. Zucchi-1794.” Mount (historic), Recto: lower right corner, graphite, Colnaghi number: “A 9611”.

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

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