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Design for an ornamental tureen - birth of Leda's children from eggs in a nest

Maker

After
(artist)
1499-1546

Title

Medium

traces of black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, laid down on an historic mount with ink and gold borders

Dimensions

Height: 18.4 cm
Width: 19.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4133

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

Jonathan Richardson, the elder, London (1666-1745); his sale, Christopher Cock (London), 7 February 1747 (15th night of the sale), lot 55; John Rushout, 2nd Baron Northwick (1770-1859); his estate sale, Sotheby's (London), 1-4 November 1920, lot 92 (as Giulio Romano, 'The Birth of Apollo and Diana'); R. Chambers (?); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 24 January 1949; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 15 March 1949, for £10; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Decorative Arts of the Italian Renaissance 1400-1600, Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, USA, 18/11/1958-04/01/1959

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermarks: lower centre (just visible using VSC transmitted light and IR): a fleur-de-lis. Mount (historic): lower centre: possibly 2 marks superimposed, a large circle with a border and a jester?

Inscription: Giulio Romano.

Inscription: [?] Birth of Apollo + / Diana //

Inscription: M 54

Inscription: L 33. / P. 39. / R. 36. / Z. 31. / E. //

Inscription: d[?]47.

Inscription: 4 mo

Collector's mark: collector's mark of Jonathan Richardson, the elder (L.2184)

Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)

Collector's mark: collector's mark of Jonathan Richardson the elder (L.2983)

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