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Design for a memorial to Sir Robert Gardener and his son at Elmswell, Suffolk

Maker

Attributed to
William Wright (artist)
1608-1654

Formerly attributed to
Maximilian Colt (artist)
active ca. 1595, died before 1660 (Life dates)

Title

Design for a memorial to Sir Robert Gardener and his son at Elmswell, Suffolk

Medium

graphite, pen and ink (brown), watercolour on laid paper, the upper edge cut into an arch

Dimensions

Height: 30.2 cm
Width: 19.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3804

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





funerary sculpture


Provenance

Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/07/1961-01/10/1961

Literature

White, Adam, 'A Biographical Dictionary of London Tomb Sculptors' c. 1560 - c. 1660' in 'The Walpole Society', 1999 - 1-162; 61
pp. 32, 145
fig. 28
see attached PDF

Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1961
cat. no. 26

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 10 ...More

Esdaile, Katherine A., Country Life, 18 October 1946
pp. 714-15
ill. on p. 714 ...Less

Inscriptions

Inscription: Sir Drew Deane / Baron Denham / Winding Sheets //

Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)

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