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Helmet

Maker

(artist)
1500-1599

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1499-1543

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1487-1564

Title

Helmet

Date of Production

1500 - 1599

Medium

pen and brown ink on brown laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 14.6 cm
Width: 10.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3496.1

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

Sotheby's (London), 2 February 1944, lot 71 (with 30 others); purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), for £14; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Art and Culture of the High Renaissance at the Vatican, Museum der Bundesrepubliik Deutschland, Bonn, 10/12/1998-11/04/1999

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: upper centre: unicorn lying on the ground with two bands across its chest (no exact match in Briquet; see tracing in file).

Inscription: Verso: lower centre, graphite, crossed through, unclear: “made well” [?]; lower centre, graphite: “10”.

Collector's mark: none.

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