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Kingfisher

Maker

(artist)
1600-1699

Title

Kingfisher

Date of Production

1650 - 1699

Medium

black chalk, watercolour, bodycolour on laid paper, laid down, with brown ink framing lines on three edges

Dimensions

Height: 19 cm
Width: 25.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3745

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




Kingfishers

Provenance

Cassiano dal Pozzo (1588-1657); O. Alexander (?); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 1 December 1944; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 29 June 1945 (£7); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

McBurney, Henrietta, Ian Rolfe, Caterina Napoleone and Paula Findlen, Birds, Animals and Other Curiosities, London/Royal Collection Trust in Association with Harvey Miller Publishers 2017 - 478; 2 vols: The Paper Museum of Cassiano dal Pozzo
no. 187
ill. on p. 449

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermarks: Recto, upper right: circle, cannot see what it contains through backing sheet - published in the 2017 catalogue as a fleur-de-lis or anchor. Backing sheet: upper edge, fragment: “D&CB”.

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

Inscription: Recto: lower centre, brown ink, Pozzo's number: “788”.

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