Kitchen maid with dead game, fruit and vegetables
Maker
Style of
(artist)
1579-1657
(artist)
1579-1657
Title
Kitchen maid with dead game, fruit and vegetables
Date of Production
1595 - 1657
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 17.6 cm
Width: 25.2 cm
Width: 25.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4103
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
Mrs Adrienne Bethell; purchased from her by Colnaghi (London), 16 October 1947; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 22 February 1949 (£22); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 130
p. 130
Inscriptions
Watermark: lower centre, very unclear: a posthorn (see image in Peter Bower’s 2017 report, copy in file, he was unable to identify any more clearly).
Support (removed but still mounted with the drawing), Recto: repeated at upper left corner and left centre edge, cut off by edge: a small crown above Gothic lettering “Bruce / [...]eith Mill” (Kinleith Mill, in Edinburgh).
Inscription: Verso: lower centre edge, graphite, circled: “D.1597”; lower right corner, graphite, erased and now mostly illegible: “[...]ero.”. Support (removed but still mounted with the drawing), Recto: lower right, graphite, erased and now mostly illegible: “[...]tables.”; lower right edge, graphite, Colnaghi number: “A.14824”; lower right edge, graphite: “CS” or “C5”. Mount (removed): Recto (of lower mount sheet): lower left, graphite: "17/1"; Verso (of lower mount sheet): upper left, graphite: "A14824"; centre, graphite: "F. Snyders"
Collector's mark: Support (removed but still mounted with the drawing), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: lower centre edge, graphite, circled: “D.1597”; lower right corner, graphite, erased and now mostly illegible: “[...]ero.”. Support (removed but still mounted with the drawing), Recto: lower right, graphite, erased and now mostly illegible: “[...]tables.”; lower right edge, graphite, Colnaghi number: “A.14824”; lower right edge, graphite: “CS” or “C5”. Mount (removed): Recto (of lower mount sheet): lower left, graphite: "17/1"; Verso (of lower mount sheet): upper left, graphite: "A14824"; centre, graphite: "F. Snyders"
Collector's mark: Support (removed but still mounted with the drawing), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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