Diana and two attendants
Maker
(artist)
1694-1770
1694-1770
Title
Diana and two attendants
Date of Production
1700 - 1770
Medium
pen and brown ink, brown wash, white bodycolour (now oxidised) on laid paper, laid down on a historic support
Dimensions
Height: 19 cm
Width: 12.3 cm
Width: 12.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3538
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
Hans M. Calmann, London (1899-1982); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 31 March 1944; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 3 April 1944 (£6); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 129
p. 129
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Support (historic), Recto: lower left corner, brown ink, signed by the artist: "Mich:l Rysbrack Inv:t". Support (historic), Verso: right centre edge, graphite: "small size"; lower centre, three lines in graphite: erased and now illegible (even under UV light).
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Support (historic), Recto: lower left corner, brown ink, signed by the artist: "Mich:l Rysbrack Inv:t". Support (historic), Verso: right centre edge, graphite: "small size"; lower centre, three lines in graphite: erased and now illegible (even under UV light).
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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