Bust of a satyr
Maker
(artist)
1600-1699
1600-1699
Title
Bust of a satyr
Date of Production
1600 - 1699
Medium
pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, on a historic mount with D.1952.RW.3494.1-.2 and .4
Dimensions
Height: 6.3 cm
Width: 5.1 cm
Width: 5.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3494.3
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
an anonymous eighteenth-century collection; sale of that collection, Sotheby's (London), 2 February 1944, lot 71 (with thirty others); purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£14); Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check as is laid down on mount.
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: each drawing labelled underneath in graphite, from “A” to “D”; centre, under 3494.1, graphite: “Hercules, from a gem. A similar drawing in the BM.”; lower centre, below 3494.4, graphite: “From an antique frieze”; lower right, graphite: “Italian School”; along lower edge, graphite: “3494 A-D. ITALIAN SCHOOL c. 17th. D.1952.RW.34941-4”. Mount (historic), Verso: lower right corner, graphite: “47/6”.
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: each drawing labelled underneath in graphite, from “A” to “D”; centre, under 3494.1, graphite: “Hercules, from a gem. A similar drawing in the BM.”; lower centre, below 3494.4, graphite: “From an antique frieze”; lower right, graphite: “Italian School”; along lower edge, graphite: “3494 A-D. ITALIAN SCHOOL c. 17th. D.1952.RW.34941-4”. Mount (historic), Verso: lower right corner, graphite: “47/6”.
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