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
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
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
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).
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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