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Vertumnus and Pomona

Maker

Attributed to
(artist)
1621-1674

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1645-1727

Title

Vertumnus and Pomona

Date of Production

1640 - 1649

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, with graphite and brown ink framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 15 cm
Width: 20.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4105

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

Matthiesen Gallery (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (as by Gelder, 'Judah and Thamar'); 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

Royalton-Kisch, Martin, Catalogue of drawings by Rembrandt and his school. Online research catalogue. https://research.britishmuseum.org/research/publications/online_research_catalogues/rembrandt_drawings/drawings_by_rembrandt.aspx, 2010
under Van den Eeckhout no. 3

Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 2: Other than landscape, Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1976 - Febr
cat. no. 29

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Verso: lower left corner, graphite: "64" or "69".

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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