Kingfisher
Maker
(artist)
1600-1699
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
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
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”.
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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