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Six biblical scenes in a decorative frame

Maker

(artist)
1655-1698

Title

Six biblical scenes in a decorative frame

Date of Production

(circa) 1686

Medium

graphite, red chalk, pen and grey ink, grey wash on laid paper, with grey ink framing lines and red chalk lines across the central horizontal and vertical axes, laid down

Dimensions

Height: 18.9 cm
Width: 23.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3667

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

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Label Text

This drawing is a design for an engraving representing Old Testament scenes, published in Nuremberg in a Lutheran Bible in 1686. The decorative architectural framework is used to create spaces for six separate scenes on a single page, each representing a distinct event. These are a collection of six different stories in the Books of Kings and Chronicles, including two accounts of Nebuchadnezzar invading Jerusalem (top centre and top left).

Provenance

Efim Schapiro, London (1899-1977); given by him to Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Special Display - The Grid, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 26/01/2012-28/05/2012

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, grey ink, signed by the artist: “I.I. von Sandrart del: Norimb:”. Verso (backing sheet): lower right corner, graphite, erased: “Open / 3/16 //”.

Collector's mark: Verso (backing sheet): lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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