Jupiter and a nymph
Maker
(artist)
1757-1827
1757-1827
Title
Jupiter and a nymph
Date of Production
1757 - 1827
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, watercolour on wove paper laid down on card, hinged at the upper edge to a paper support
Dimensions
Height: 22.2 cm
Width: 17.3 cm
Width: 17.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4024
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
Beaux Arts Galleries (London); acquired (in exchange) by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 43
p. 43
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermarks: none visible in the drawing sheet in raking light, unable to check further due to card support. Support (historic), Recto: upper right corner, blindstamped: "Drawing / David Cox / Dixons".
Inscription: Verso: upper right edge, graphite, abraded: "1570 / 15"; lower right of centre, graphite: "xcon"; lower left, graphite, Witt number: "4024"; lower right corner, graphite: "#3 / open 11". Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: "Thomas Rowlandson / 1756-1827 / Jupiter & Nymph.".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: upper right edge, graphite, abraded: "1570 / 15"; lower right of centre, graphite: "xcon"; lower left, graphite, Witt number: "4024"; lower right corner, graphite: "#3 / open 11". Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: "Thomas Rowlandson / 1756-1827 / Jupiter & Nymph.".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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