Jupiter wielding the thunderbolt
Maker
(artist)
1500-1599
1500-1599
Title
Jupiter wielding the thunderbolt
Date of Production
1500 - 1599
Medium
brown wash, white bodycolour, on brown-prepared laid paper, with brown wash oval framing line, laid down
Dimensions
Height: 34.8 cm
Width: 24.9 cm
Width: 24.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3484
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
an anonymous eighteenth-century collection; sale of that collection, Sotheby's (London), 2 February 1944, lot 89; purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), for £14; Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: a circle, unable to see what it contains due to backing sheet.
Inscription: Recto: lower right edge, black chalk: “+”. Support (historic), Verso: lower centre edge, graphite: “1 a”.
Label: Direction of P. Farinati. Popham/Italian School/Jupiter/ At del Abbate/possibbly by . dell'Abbate
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower right edge, black chalk: “+”. Support (historic), Verso: lower centre edge, graphite: “1 a”.
Label: Direction of P. Farinati. Popham/Italian School/Jupiter/ At del Abbate/possibbly by . dell'Abbate
Collector's mark: none.
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