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Paris and Helen

Maker

Attributed to
(artist)
1687-1767

Title

Paris and Helen

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash and white bodycolour on laid paper, laid down, with brown ink framing lines partly trimmed away

Dimensions

Height: 20 cm
Width: 29 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.366

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

William Bates, Birmingham (1824-1884), L.2604; A. Berthel, Surrey; purchased from him by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£2); Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, stamped in red ink: William Bates (L.2604). Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Inscription: Witt Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: “Giovanni Battista Pittoni / Italian 1687/90-1707 / (after Pittoni?) / Embarkation of Dido? ?Aeneas + Dido”.

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