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Bacchanal

Maker

(artist)
1711-1780

Title

Bacchanal

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on blue laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 22.6 cm
Width: 28.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.336

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

unidentified collector (handwriting on verso, same as on D.1952.RW.286); Spencer (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto, lower right, pen and ink (black): "C I I. Px." [Tietze said this is actually the artist's signature "GM px", the ink must have been lost over time].

Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, dark brown ink: 14.

Inscription: Verso: upper right, dark brown ink: di Gio: Batt.te Marcola Veronese / original.

Inscription: Verso: lower left, brown ink: No 22.

Inscription: Verso: lower left, graphite: Marcola.

Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Watermark: none.

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