Adoration of the shepherds
Maker
Lucas van der Stech (artist)
1600-1699
Copy after
1599-1641
1600-1699
Copy after
1599-1641
Title
Adoration of the shepherds
Date of Production
1600 - 1699
Medium
black chalk, pen and brown ink, grey-blue wash on laid paper, with dark brown ink framing lines, laid down
Dimensions
Height: 17.3 cm
Width: 27.3 cm
Width: 27.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4076
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
probably either Michel François t’Sas, Brussels (1701-1768) or his son Nicolas Joseph (Niklaas Josephus) t’Sas (1740-1800), L.178c; Jacob Herman Jan Mellaert, London (1875-1972); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£2); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Vey, H., 'Einige unveröffentlichte Zeichnungen van Dycks' in 'Bulletin Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts', Sept.-Dec. 1957 - pp. 175-210; 6, 3-4
p. 180n5
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 130
p. 180n5
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 130
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermarks: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, brown ink, signed by the artist? partially obscured by the framing lines: "Lucas van den Steck". Verso (backing sheet): upper left corner, graphite: "#5"; upper right corner, graphite: "eleve de Rubens / natif d'Ypres //"; right of centre, green crayon: "B"; lower left, graphite, Witt number: "4076".
Collector's mark: Verso (backing sheet): upper centre, graphite, monogram: unidentified collector’s mark, probably belonging to Michel François t’Sas, Brussels (1701-1768) or his son Nicolas Joseph (Niklaas Josephus) t’Sas (1740-1800), (L.178c); lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, brown ink, signed by the artist? partially obscured by the framing lines: "Lucas van den Steck". Verso (backing sheet): upper left corner, graphite: "#5"; upper right corner, graphite: "eleve de Rubens / natif d'Ypres //"; right of centre, green crayon: "B"; lower left, graphite, Witt number: "4076".
Collector's mark: Verso (backing sheet): upper centre, graphite, monogram: unidentified collector’s mark, probably belonging to Michel François t’Sas, Brussels (1701-1768) or his son Nicolas Joseph (Niklaas Josephus) t’Sas (1740-1800), (L.178c); lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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