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Two monks

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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).

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