Two monks
Maker
(artist)
1685-1734
1685-1734
Title
Two monks
Date of Production
1700 - 1734
Medium
graphite and red chalk on laid paper, laid down on a historic support
Dimensions
Height: 20.1 cm
Width: 17.2 cm
Width: 17.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4032
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
Hugh Howard (1675-1737); bequeathed to his brother, Robert Howard, Bishop of Elphin; by descent to his son, 1st Earl of Wicklow; by descent to the 5th Earl of Wicklow; his sale, Sotheby's, London, 12-20 December 1873, lot 371; purchased there by Ruffall? Russall? Riggall? [annotated name on catalogue difficult to read]; Beaux Arts Gallery (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 123
p. 123
Inscriptions
Watermark: none in the drawing sheet.
Support (historic), centre: “IV”.
Inscription: Support (historic), Recto: lower left, graphite: “open”. Support (historic), Verso: upper left corner, graphite: “1783 / 16”; lower left, brown ink: “Traveller addressing a Monk. (Howard Colln.)”; right lower edge, graphite: “#6”; lower right corner, brown ink: “P. Angellis.”; lower right corner, brown ink: “pLt”.
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Support (historic), Recto: lower left, graphite: “open”. Support (historic), Verso: upper left corner, graphite: “1783 / 16”; lower left, brown ink: “Traveller addressing a Monk. (Howard Colln.)”; right lower edge, graphite: “#6”; lower right corner, brown ink: “P. Angellis.”; lower right corner, brown ink: “pLt”.
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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