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Expulsion of Heliodorus from the temple

Maker

Joseph Cellony II (artist)
1730-1786

Formerly attributed to

1696-1746

Title

Expulsion of Heliodorus from the temple

Date of Production

1700 - 1799

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 28.9 cm
Width: 40.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3690

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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Provenance

Giuseppe Vallardi, Milan (1784-1863), L.1223; Efim Schapiro, London (1899-1977); acquired from him (in exchange for Witt's drawing no. 460 by Perino del Vaga) by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in blue ink: Giuseppe Vallardi (L.1223). Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Inscription: Verso: lower right, red chalk, Vallardi's shelfmark: "B.447"; lower right corner, graphite: "#6"; lower right corner, graphite, Witt number: "3690".

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