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The stolen kiss

Maker

(artist)
1724-1780

Title

The stolen kiss

Date of Production

1700 - 1799

Medium

black chalk on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 15 cm
Width: 21.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3735

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

F.A. Drey (London); given by him (as partial payment, valued at £25, for D.1952.RW.1269 by Tiepolo, for which he paid a total of £100) to Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, right centre edge: small imperial crown above letters “GR”.

Inscription: Verso: upper left corner, graphite: “mt / aaloose //”; centre, graphite, several lines now erased and mostly illegible: “F. Schutz / […] / Gravelot / […] //”.

Colophon: Verso: lower left, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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