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Manoah's sacrifice

Maker

(artist)
1621-1674

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1591-1655

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1615-1660

Title

Manoah's sacrifice

Date of Production

1640 - 1649

Medium

black chalk on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 20.1 cm
Width: 26.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3826

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

Mrs Hendriks, South Warnborough; her sale, Sotheby's (London), 15 May 1946, lot 7 (as by Flinck); purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£13.10); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 2: Other than landscape, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1976-77 (Nov.-Feb.)

Literature

Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 2: Other than landscape, Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1976 - Febr
cat. no. 30

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: foolscap with five points above a small triangle above three stacked circles (no match found in Churchill, Heawood or Piccard).

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

Inscription: Verso: upper left edge, graphite, cut off: "Moyert - Lost= [?]"; centre, graphite: "Flinck"; right lower edge, graphite: "#4".

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