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Two cherubs holding scroll

Maker

Attributed to
(artist)
1637-1682

Title

Two cherubs holding scroll

Medium

black and white chalk on blue laid paper, with grey ink framing lines mostly trimmed away

Dimensions

Height: 20.1 cm
Width: 23.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3241

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

Major Evelyn Charles Shirley, Ettington Park, Warwickshire (1889-1956); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 26 February 1937; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 17 February 1943, for £4; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Inscription: Mount: Recto: lower centre, brown ink: "di Nicolo Berrettoni"; lower centre, graphite: "tt"; lower left, graphite, Colnaghi number: "A 9111"

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

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