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Cain and Abel

Maker

(artist)
1498-1574

Title

Cain and Abel

Date of Production

1566

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, incised for transfer

Dimensions

Height: 19.9 cm
Width: 25.1 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3897

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

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Provenance

anonymous sale, Sotheby's (London), 26 February 1947, lot 30 (with D.1952.RW.3895 and 2 others); purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952) (£50); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 17/11/1962-22/12/1962

Literature

Anthony Blunt and Philip Troutman, Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, 1962
cat. no. 24

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower centre edge, brown ink, dated: "1566"; lower right edge, brown ink, signed by the artist: "Martyn van Heemskerck, Inventor".

Collector's mark: Mount (removed, now missing, recorded in file), Verso: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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