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Grace before a meal

Maker

Attributed to
Jan van Bouckhorst (artist)
1588-1631

Formerly attributed to
Abraham de Bruyn (artist)
1540-1587

Formerly attributed to
Karel van Mander I (artist)
1548-1606

Title

Grace before a meal

Date of Production

1500 - 1599

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, grey and brown wash on laid paper, laid down on a historic mount

Dimensions

Height: 22.2 cm
Width: 19.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3242

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

Jean-Baptiste-Florentin-Gabriel de Meyran Marquis de Lagoy, Aix-en-Provence (1764-1829), L.1710; François Renaud, Paris (end 18th century - beginning 19th century), L.1042; Alliance des Arts, Paris (founded 1842), L.61 and L.6b; Anton Mensing, Amsterdam (1866-1936); his estate sale, Frederik Muller & Cie (Amsterdam), 24 - 29 April 1937, lot 429; purchased there by Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 17 February 1943 (£12, as by van Mander); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 2: Other than landscape, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1976-77 (Nov.-Feb.)

Literature

Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 2: Other than landscape, Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1976 - Febr
cat. no. 14

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to mount.

Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower right, brown ink: effaced and now illegible; lower right corner, graphite: "429". Mount (historic), Verso: upper left edge, graphite, underlined, cut off so can't read first number: "50" or "30"; lower centre, graphite: "gse.-".

Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in blue ink: Alliance des Arts (L.61); lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Jean-Baptiste-Florentin-Gabriel de Meyran Marquis de Lagoy (L.1710). Mount (historic), Recto: lower right, blindstamped: François Renaud (L.1042); lower left corner, stamped twice in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b). Mount (historic), Verso: centre, stamped in blue ink: Alliance des Arts (L.6b).

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