Procurer
Maker
After
(artist)
1594-1667
(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
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
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).
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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