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Sibyl seated among classical ruins

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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).

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