Anamorphosis with rider and hybrid horse/lion mount
Maker
(artist)
1500-1599
Follower of
(artist)
1527-1585
1500-1599
Follower of
(artist)
1527-1585
Title
Anamorphosis with rider and hybrid horse/lion mount
Date of Production
1500 - 1599
Medium
black chalk, pen and brown ink on three pieces of laid paper joined together, framed in brown ink lines, cut into a wedge
Dimensions
Height: 29.8 cm
Width: 56.8 cm
Width: 56.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3843
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
distortion
Provenance
Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d. (£9); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Nameless: anonymous drawings of 15th and 16th century Italy, Moray Art Centre, Findhorn, Scotland, 23/04/2010-22/08/2010
Literature
Nameless: anonymous drawings of 15th and 16th century Italy, Moray Art Centre, Findhorn, Scotland, 2010
no. 15
ill. on p. 55 (digitally manipulated)
no. 15
ill. on p. 55 (digitally manipulated)
Inscriptions
Watermark: Recto: right of centre: circle containing a quadruped? 47 mm in diameter.
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: Verso: on a separate small round piece of paper adhered, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: Verso: on a separate small round piece of paper adhered, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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