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Venus, Cupid and Psyche with two female attendants

Maker

(artist)
1741-1807

Title

Venus, Cupid and Psyche with two female attendants

Date of Production

1700 - 1799

Medium

graphite, pen and grey ink, grey wash, traces of white bodycolour, framed with grey ink in a circle, on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 17.1 cm
Width: 16.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3233

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

Nicholson; purchased from him by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d. (63 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952

The name of the seller was erroneously recorded in the object file as 'Nicholas', but Witt's index card indicates the name should be 'Nicholson'. A first name or further information about this seller is yet unknown.

Exhibition History

Angelica Kauffmann in British Collections, Rafael Valls Limited, London, 19/11/2007-14/12/2007

Neo-Classical Drawings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1972-December 1972

Famous British Women Artists, Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, 1953

Literature

Famous British Women Artists, Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, 1953
cat. no. 60

Angelica Kauffmann in British Collections, Rafael Valls Limited, London, 2007
cat. no. 3
ill.

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Verso: centre, graphite: “c”.

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

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