Sleeping nymph and two male figures
Maker
(artist)
1613-1678
1613-1678
Title
Sleeping nymph and two male figures
Medium
chalk (red), pen and ink (brown), wash (brown) on laid paper, laid down
Dimensions
Height: 20.3 cm
Width: 29.7 cm
Width: 29.7 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4106
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
Giuseppe Vallardi, Milan (1784-1863); Matthiesen Gallery (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: lower centre: coat of arms containing four circles. (No match found in Heawood, Churchill, Briquet or Piccard. On Piccard the few other examples of shields with four circles 8501-02 and 8508-10 are all dated 1608 and originate in the Heiliginstadt paper mill.)
Inscription: [...] Carr
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Giuseppe Vallardi (L.1223), accompanied by his shelfmark in red chalk on the verso (transcribed above)
Inscription: K 209
Inscription: #2 / Wash //
Inscription: No. 26 / Beau dessein plume crayon rouge et lavis d'encre / vient de collection le Vallardi //
Inscription: Jevrey [?] XVIIe
Inscription: Watermark: lower centre: coat of arms containing four circles.
Inscription: [...] Carr
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Giuseppe Vallardi (L.1223), accompanied by his shelfmark in red chalk on the verso (transcribed above)
Inscription: K 209
Inscription: #2 / Wash //
Inscription: No. 26 / Beau dessein plume crayon rouge et lavis d'encre / vient de collection le Vallardi //
Inscription: Jevrey [?] XVIIe
Inscription: Watermark: lower centre: coat of arms containing four circles.
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