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Adoration of the shepherds

Maker

Lucas van der Stech (artist)
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

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

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).

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