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Cavalry skirmish

Maker

(artist)
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

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.

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