Helmet
Maker
(artist)
1500-1599
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1499-1543
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1487-1564
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
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.
Inscription: Verso: lower centre, graphite, crossed through, unclear: “made well” [?]; lower centre, graphite: “10”.
Collector's mark: none.
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