Apollo and the Muses
Maker
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1656-1684
(artist)
1656-1684
Title
Apollo and the Muses
Date of Production
1600 - 1699
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, grey, brown and pink wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, executed using a compass, cut into a fan, laid down on a historic support
Dimensions
Height: 28.8 cm
Width: 56 cm
Width: 56 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3511
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
Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Les dessins de Raymond Lafage, Musée Paul Dupuy, Toulouse, 1962
Appendix IV, no. 568 (as rejected)
Appendix IV, no. 568 (as rejected)
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: unable to see clearly due to backing sheet and the media.
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Recto: lower left, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Outer mount cover (Witt’s), Recto: lower right corner, graphite: “Nicolas Raymond Lafage / French 1756-1789 [“6” written over both “7”s] / Apollo + the Muses. //”.
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Recto: lower left, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Outer mount cover (Witt’s), Recto: lower right corner, graphite: “Nicolas Raymond Lafage / French 1756-1789 [“6” written over both “7”s] / Apollo + the Muses. //”.
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