Two cherubs holding scroll
Maker
Attributed to
(artist)
1637-1682
(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
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
Keywords
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)
Collector's mark: Mount: Recto: lower left, stamped in black: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
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