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Portrait of Johann Friedrich, Prince of Brandenburg

Maker

(artist)
1606-1688

Title

Portrait of Johann Friedrich, Prince of Brandenburg

Date of Production

(?) 1688

Medium

graphite with stumping on laid paper, with black ink framing lines, hinged at the upper edge to a historic support

Dimensions

Height: 21.2 cm
Width: 18.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3214

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

Max de Beer (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

German Old Masters, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1969-70 (Dec.-Mar.)

German Art, 1400-1800, from collections in Great Britain, Manchester City Art Gallery & Manchester & England, 24/10/1961-10/12/1961

Literature

German Art, 1400-1800, from collections in Great Britain, Manchester City Art Gallery, 1961
cat. no. 204

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: a heart surrounded by wings or flames, surmounted by a small crown, all above “C [or “G”] H” (not found in Briquet, Heawood or Piccard).

Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, lower left, signed with the artist’s initials: “JS”. Support (historic), Recto: on separate strip of paper adhered to lower centre, graphite, unclear: “J[...] friedrich Euhr Printz Zu Brandenburg”; on another separate strip of paper adhered to lower centre, brown ink: “Joachim a Sandrart fecit. in 83 Jahr seines Alters.” and on the verso of that strip, now hidden by the support, is written in brown ink “N 273” and in graphite “Sandrart”; lower left corner, graphite, erroneous Witt number: “3014”; Support (historic), Verso: lower right, graphite: “h”; lower right corner, graphite: “#1”.

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

Label: Removed but still mounted with the drawing, printed in blue ink and filled in with grey ink: coat of arms above “CITY OF MANCHESTER / ART GALLERY / 79 //”.

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