Grace before meal
Maker
(artist)
1635-1719
1635-1719
Title
Grace before meal
Date of Production
1600 - 1799
Medium
black and red chalk, watercolour, graphite, on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 23.1 cm
Width: 31.3 cm
Width: 31.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3844
Mode of Acquisition
Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
J.M. Vreeswijk, Utrecht; his sale, Frédéric Muller (Amsterdam), 3 - 4 May 1882; Edward Speelman (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£12); Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre edge, black chalk, signed by the artist: "JToornvliet Fc". Verso: centre, graphite: "No 10"; lower left corner, graphite: "i.io"; lower centre, graphite: "frc.ao"; lower right, graphite: "Coll. Vreeswyk 3 Mai 1882".
Collector's mark: Verso: stamped three times in lower left corner in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower centre edge, black chalk, signed by the artist: "JToornvliet Fc". Verso: centre, graphite: "No 10"; lower left corner, graphite: "i.io"; lower centre, graphite: "frc.ao"; lower right, graphite: "Coll. Vreeswyk 3 Mai 1882".
Collector's mark: Verso: stamped three times in lower left corner in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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