Toad
Maker
Vincent Laurentsz. van der Vinne (artist)
1628-1702
1628-1702
Title
Toad
Date of Production
1600 - 1699
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, watercolour, red bodycolour on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 9.5 cm
Width: 14.4 cm
Width: 14.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3637
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
Amphibians
Label Text
Vincent van der Vinne belonged to a family of artists working in the Dutch city of Haarlem. His skill at describing tones and textures may well have been acquired through studying with Frans Hals. The painterly handling of this small wrinkled toad gives it a more lifelike appearance than the precisely-drawn and scientifically accurate grasshopper by a contemporary artist, also in the Courtauld collection (D.1952.RW.2081).
Provenance
Dr Alfred Scharf, London (1900-1965); purchased from him by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Captured on Paper, Animals in the Prints and Drawings Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 20/06/2002-11/08/2002
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto, upper edge: foolscap with seven points above a triangle above three stacked circles (not found in Heawood, Churchill or Piccard).
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink, signed by the artist, cut off: "Vinzent van der Vinne". Verso: upper centre edge, graphite, unclear: "Mount" or "Mark" [?].
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink, signed by the artist, cut off: "Vinzent van der Vinne". Verso: upper centre edge, graphite, unclear: "Mount" or "Mark" [?].
Collector's mark: none.
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