Open IIIF manifest What is IIIF IIIF viewers

Two cupids (recto)

Maker

(artist)
1660-1731

Title

Two cupids (recto)

Medium

black chalk, brown wash (recto), black chalk with brown ink pen trials (verso) on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 23 cm
Width: 22.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3893

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

Richard Hancock, Birmingham (1870-1952); his sale, Sotheby's (London), 26 February 1947, lot 15 (with 3 others); purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), for £3.10; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Drawings from the Witt Collection, University of Southampton, 16/02/1970-04/03/1970

Literature

Chiarini, Marco, 'Disegni del tardo Barocco Fiorentino' in 'Per Luigi Grassi: Disegno e Disegni', Rimini, 1998 - 379-389
p. 382
fig. 7 on p. 386

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: verso, left of centre: letters “CBV” atop three shields, flourishes below (no match in Heawood).

Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, brown ink: “Sagrestani”. Verso: lower centre, brown ink: pen trials, a name that has been crossed out in pen – “[…]grazie” [?], followed by “Paoli 12”.

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

Information on this object may be incomplete and will be updated as research progresses. We are particularly committed to addressing any discriminatory or offensive language and ideas that might be present in our records. To help improve this record, and to enquire about images of The Courtauld Gallery Collection, please email gallery.collectionsonline@courtauld.ac.uk. Find out more about using and licensing our images.

____________________________

Buy a print from our collection