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Lanner falcon perched on a branch

Maker

(artist)
1589-1646

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1600-1699

Title

Date of Production

(circa) 1620 - 1630

Medium

black chalk, watercolour and bodycolour, with gum arabic, on laid paper, laid down on a historic mount

Dimensions

Height: 49.6 cm
Width: 30.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3865

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

Cassiano dal Pozzo, Rome and Florence (ca. 1588-1657); by descent to his brother Carlo Antonio dal Pozzo (d. 1689); by descent to his son Gabriele dal Pozzo, Rome (d. 1695); by descent to his son, Cosimo Antonio dal Pozzo, Rome (d. ca. 1739); acquired from him by Pope Clement XI, Rome (1649-1721); by descent to his cousin, Cardinal Alessandro Albani, Rome (1692-1779); acquired from him by James Adam on behalf of King George III, 1762 or 1763; by descent to King Edward VII (1841-1910); Colnaghi (London); Weininger (?); given by him to Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London; York City Art Gallery; Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953

Literature

McBurney, Henrietta, Ian Rolfe, Caterina Napoleone and Paula Findlen, Birds, Animals and Other Curiosities, London/Royal Collection Trust in Association with Harvey Miller Publishers 2017 - 478; 2 vols: The Paper Museum of Cassiano dal Pozzo
no. 167
no. 167 on p.409

Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London, York City Art Gallery and Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
cat. no. 57

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none in the drawing sheet. Mount (historic): centre: “D & C / B” in a shield (matches that in Heawood 3268, with the countermark – minus the “IV” on D.1952.RW.3218 – England c. 1769).

Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: upper right corner, graphite: "20"; lower right corner, graphite, Colnaghi number: "A 13130". Mount (historic), Verso: lower left corner, graphite: “Witt”.

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

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