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Soldiers with two cannons (recto)

Maker

Attributed to
(artist)
1686-1755

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1615-1673

Title

Soldiers with two cannons (recto)

Medium

pen and brown ink, brown and grey wash (recto), pen and brown ink (verso), on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 13.8 cm
Width: 32.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3791

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

probably Adalbert von Lanna, Prague (1836-1909), L.2773; Benno Geiger, Italy (1882-1965); his sale, London, Sotheby's, 7 - 10 December 1920, lot 299 (as by Simonini); Wengraf (?); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: recto, upper right corner, a crown topped by a fleur-de-lis, traced in graphite on the verso (Heawood 1131 – Venice? c. 1565)

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left, stamped in black ink: possibly Adalbert von Lanna (L.2773); lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, brown ink: “Salvatore Rosa”. Verso: lower left corner, graphite: “648”; lower left, above unidentified collector’s mark, blue crayon and graphite: “223 [the first “2” changed to “3”] / s- //”; lower centre edge, brown ink: “due me [illegible word]”; lower right, graphite: “f12”; upper right, brown ink: “S. g”; upper right edge, brown ink, cut off: “due m[...]”; upper right edge, graphite: “-29”; on separate strip of laid paper added to right edge, graphite: “(1) Study in pen and ink and wash of a / group of soldiers in armour with two wheeled / cannons. / (2) Pen + ink sketch of cavalry in conflict / signed Salvatore Rosa 1615-1673 //”.

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