Pair of bustards with a gathering of other birds
Maker
(artist)
1622-1702
1622-1702
Title
Pair of bustards with a gathering of other birds
Date of Production
(circa) 1654
Medium
pen and grey ink, grey wash on laid paper, incised for transfer, with areas of green wash likely accidentally transferred from an adjacent sheet
Dimensions
Height: 13 cm
Width: 18.4 cm
Width: 18.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3506.2
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 108; purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952) (£7); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Flis, Nathan, From the life: the art of Francis Barlow (c.1626-1704), PhD thesis, University of Oxford 2012, available online: https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:3805d2ad-18b5-4f23-a73d-e720a44107de
pp. 9n25, 120
fig. 61
dated c. 1654
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 4
pp. 9n25, 120
fig. 61
dated c. 1654
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 4
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: crescent moon atop a large pot, not found in Heawood but of a similar type and size to 3601 - England, 17th century).
Inscription: Verso: lower centre, graphite: "Barlow / 8 / 1".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Verso: lower centre, graphite: "Barlow / 8 / 1".
Collector's mark: none.
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