Cat and three kittens
Maker
Gottfried Mind (artist)
1768-1814
1768-1814
Title
Cat and three kittens
Medium
traces of graphite, pen and black ink, watercolour on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 15.9 cm
Width: 23.2 cm
Width: 23.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3577
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
Walker Galleries (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; (in exchange for a J. Nash drawing, Witt's drawing no. 3054); Witt Bequest 1952.
Exhibition History
Birds and beasts: an exhibition of paintings and drawings of five centuries, Matthiessen Gallery, London, 29/05/1953-04/07/1953
catalogue untraced, Eton College, 1950
catalogue untraced, Eton College, 1950
Literature
Birds and beasts: an exhibition of paintings and drawings of five centuries, Matthiessen Gallery, London, 1953
cat. no. 140
cat. no. 140
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Collector's mark: Removed from former mount, now mounted with the drawing, black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: lower left edge, graphite: “G. / Mind (a Swiss Cretin.) //”; lower right edge, graphite: “3. Na[o]pole”. Mount (removed, now missing, but recorded in file): “Minette”.
Collector's mark: Removed from former mount, now mounted with the drawing, black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: lower left edge, graphite: “G. / Mind (a Swiss Cretin.) //”; lower right edge, graphite: “3. Na[o]pole”. Mount (removed, now missing, but recorded in file): “Minette”.
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