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Sleeping nymph and two male figures

Maker

(artist)
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

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.

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