Cavalry skirmish
Maker
(artist)
1640-1700
1640-1700
Title
Cavalry skirmish
Date of Production
1600 - 1699
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, grey wash on laid paper, laid down on a historic mount
Dimensions
Height: 24.3 cm
Width: 35.9 cm
Width: 35.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4029
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 Gallery (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermarks: unable to check the drawing, due to the mount. Mount (historic), Verso: left centre edge: "J WHATMAN".
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink, unclear: "8.5 [?]"; lower left edge, brown ink: likely a name, abraded and now illegible, though possibly "Bauer". Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, graphite: "J. Wyck / 4029 //"; lower left, graphite: "Ozman"; lower right corner, graphite: "confirmed by No 96. 316 at Brit Mus. #13 / 2138 //". Mount (historic), Verso: upper left edge, graphite, cut off: "40 S+D [?]".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink, unclear: "8.5 [?]"; lower left edge, brown ink: likely a name, abraded and now illegible, though possibly "Bauer". Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, graphite: "J. Wyck / 4029 //"; lower left, graphite: "Ozman"; lower right corner, graphite: "confirmed by No 96. 316 at Brit Mus. #13 / 2138 //". Mount (historic), Verso: upper left edge, graphite, cut off: "40 S+D [?]".
Collector's mark: none.
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