Decorative frieze (recto)
Maker
(artist)
1677-1726
1677-1726
Title
Decorative frieze (recto)
Date of Production
1677 - 1726
Medium
pen and brown ink, red chalk, grey wash (recto), red chalk (verso), on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 9.8 cm
Width: 27 cm
Width: 27 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3482.3
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, L.3619 (verso) [but the mark was associated with the artist John Talman (1677-1726) in Anthony Griffiths and Hugh Macandrew, 'The Talman Collection, Marks and Sales', The Volume of the Walpole Society, 59, 1997, p. 215, no. 44]; an anonymous eighteenth-century collection; sale of that collection, Sotheby's (London), 2 February 1944, lot 109 (with 5 others); purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), for £26 (along with D.1952.RW.3480, 3481.1-.2 and D.1952.RW.3482.1-.2); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 49
p. 49
Inscriptions
Watermark: none.
Inscription: Verso: upper centre, brown ink, formed of double lines, unidentified hand (L.3619): “W” [mark associated with the artist John Talman by Anthony Griffiths and Hugh Macandrew in 'The Talman Collection, Marks and Sales', The Volume of the Walpole Society, 59, 1997, no. 44]; lower centre, graphite: “9”. Support (removed, see photo), Recto: lower centre margin, graphite: “Apollo + Daphne”. Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: “John Talman (son of William T.) / 1677-1726”.
Collector's mark: Verso: upper left, brown ink: unidentified collector's mark (L.3619) [but likely associated with John Talman, see Inscription field].
Inscription: Verso: upper centre, brown ink, formed of double lines, unidentified hand (L.3619): “W” [mark associated with the artist John Talman by Anthony Griffiths and Hugh Macandrew in 'The Talman Collection, Marks and Sales', The Volume of the Walpole Society, 59, 1997, no. 44]; lower centre, graphite: “9”. Support (removed, see photo), Recto: lower centre margin, graphite: “Apollo + Daphne”. Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: “John Talman (son of William T.) / 1677-1726”.
Collector's mark: Verso: upper left, brown ink: unidentified collector's mark (L.3619) [but likely associated with John Talman, see Inscription field].
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