The stolen kiss
Maker
(artist)
1724-1780
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
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).
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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