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Men playing dice (recto)

Maker

(artist)
1596-1674

Title

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

brush and grey ink, grey wash, white bodycolour (recto and verso) on coarse brown laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 15.4 cm
Width: 18.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4049

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

Label Text

According to an episode recorded in Saint Luke’s gospel, Saint Peter denied his master three times when he was asked by a female servant about his association with Jesus. This scene from Christ’s Passion is depicted to the left of this striking drawing, whilst the gambling soldiers dominate the foreground. The half-length figures as well as the dramatic contrasts of light and shade demonstrate the impact of Caravaggio (1571-1610), whose works became highly popular in the Netherlands.

Provenance

Louis Corot, Nîmes (around 1840 - around 1930), L.1718; Mrs Giacomini; purchased from her by Colnaghi (London), 10 October 1947; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 13 December 1948 (£10); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Special Display - Drawing Peasants, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 30/09/2010-10/02/2011

Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 2: Other than landscape, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1976-77 (Nov.-Feb.)

Literature

Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 2: Other than landscape, Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1976 - Febr
cat. no. 20

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: upper centre edge, brown ink: "18". False margins (historic, removed but still mounted with the drawing), Recto: lower centre, in two different brown inks, partly written over graphite: "Manfrede (Bartolomeo) Scolare del Pomeracio"; lower left edge, graphite, Witt number: "4049". False margins (historic, removed, now in temporary mount box), Verso: upper left corner, red ink: "8"; upper left corner, graphite: "C" written over erased numbers, "01 [?]"; upper left, brown ink: "&J [?]"; upper centre, graphite: "No 12"; lower centre edge, graphite: "286".

Collector's mark: Recto: lower left edge, stamped in black ink: Louis Corot (L.1718). False margins (historic, removed but still mounted with the drawing), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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