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Saint

Maker

(artist)
1694-1739

Title

Saint

Date of Production

1735

Medium

pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, laid down on a historic support

Dimensions

Height: 25.2 cm
Width: 15.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3396

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

Sir John St. Aubyn, Devonport and London (1758-1839); Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 53

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: London coat of arms - quartered, upper quadrant containing a sword (no countermark but see Heawood 454-473 - English papers dated between 1698 and 1746).

Inscription: Jno [the 'o' superscript] V 1735.

Inscription: Jn V[...]

Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir John St. Aubyn (L.1534)

Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)

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