Sibyl seated among classical ruins
Maker
(artist)
1571-1631
1571-1631
Title
Sibyl seated among classical ruins
Date of Production
1612
Medium
pen and brown ink on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 16.5 cm
Width: 20 cm
Width: 20 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4081
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
Erasmus Philipps, around 1730; by descent to Baron Milford, Richard Philipps, Picton Castle, Haverfordwest (1744-1823), L.2687; by descent to Sir John Philipps (d. 1949); his sale, Hans M. Calmann, London (1899-1982), 1946; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
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. 3
Reznicek, E.K.J., Die Zeichnungen von Hendrick Goltzius, Utrecht 1961
p. 175n84
repr. A XXXVI
as Goltzius? TK
cat. no. 3
Reznicek, E.K.J., Die Zeichnungen von Hendrick Goltzius, Utrecht 1961
p. 175n84
repr. A XXXVI
as Goltzius? TK
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermarks: none in the drawing. Primary support (removed, in curatorial file), Recto: right centre, fragment of arms of Amsterdam (similar to Churchill no. 16, dated 1675).
Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, centre on pillar, brown ink, signed and dated by the artist: “Matham f / 1612 //”. Verso: upper right edge, brown ink: “No 233”. Primary support (removed, in curatorial file), Recto: upper centre, pen and ink (brown): “m”. Secondary support (removed, in curatorial file), Recto: right centre edge, graphite: “1/8”. Secondary support (removed, in curatorial file), Verso: lower left, brown ink: “No. 55.”; lower right, graphite: “#6”.
Collector's mark: Secondary support (removed, in curatorial file), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b). Secondary support (removed, in curatorial file), Verso: centre: Baron Milford (L.2687).
Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, centre on pillar, brown ink, signed and dated by the artist: “Matham f / 1612 //”. Verso: upper right edge, brown ink: “No 233”. Primary support (removed, in curatorial file), Recto: upper centre, pen and ink (brown): “m”. Secondary support (removed, in curatorial file), Recto: right centre edge, graphite: “1/8”. Secondary support (removed, in curatorial file), Verso: lower left, brown ink: “No. 55.”; lower right, graphite: “#6”.
Collector's mark: Secondary support (removed, in curatorial file), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b). Secondary support (removed, in curatorial file), Verso: centre: Baron Milford (L.2687).
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