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Tobias and the Angel

Maker

(artist)
1621-1674

Title

Tobias and the Angel

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

red chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 25.8 cm
Width: 18.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3819

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

Dr Carl Robert Rudolf, London (1884-1974), L.2811b; purchased from him by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Verso: upper left corner, graphite: "20K"; left lower edge, graphite: "Eckhaut [sic]"; lower right, graphite: "7". Mount (historic), Front Outer Cover: lower left, graphite, Witt number: "3819"; lower right, graphite: checkmark "Gerbrandt van Eeckhout / Dutch. 1621-1674 / Tobias + the Angel / Coll. Rudolf. / D.1952.RW.3819 //"; lower right corner, graphite, faded and nearly invisible, circled: "25". Mount (historic), Inner Recto: lower right, graphite: "Van Eeckhout."; lower right, grey-blue ink: "8". Mount (historic), Back Outer Cover: lower right, blue-grey ink, partially circled: "268".

Collector's mark: Verso: both in lower left corner and stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b) and Dr Carl Robert Rudolf (L.2811b). Mount (historic), Front Outer Cover: lower right, stamped in black ink: Dr Carl Robert Rudolf (L.2811b).

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