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Procurer

Maker

After
(artist)
1594-1667

Title

Procurer

Date of Production

1671

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, white bodycolour on buff laid paper, with brown ink framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 24.6 cm
Width: 30 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3167

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

Hubert George Howard Galton, Hadzor House, Worcester (1854-1928); his estate sale, Cheshire, Gibson & Co. (Birmingham), 29 November 1929, lot 1273 (with D.1952.RW.895); purchased there by Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 12 November 1942 (£14); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

An exhibition of English drawings and water colors from British collections, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 16/04/1962-03/06/1962

An exhibition of English drawings and water colors from British collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 18/02/1962-01/04/1962

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Verso: upper left corner, graphite: “A 260”; right centre edge, brown ink, underlined: “000”; lower left, brown ink: “C. Poelenbúrgh: pinx.” and beside it in brown ink, partly erased, the first two letters monogram: “CNetscher del. / 167i .//”; lower right, graphite: “12”; lower left corner, brown ink: “1481”; lower left edge, graphite, Colnaghi number: “A5402”.

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

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