Dog and hares
Maker
Jan Baptist Xavery (artist)
1697-1742
1697-1742
Title
Dog and hares
Medium
black and white chalk with stumping on blue laid paper, with black chalk and black ink framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 22.2 cm
Width: 30.6 cm
Width: 30.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4154
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
J.H.J. Mellaert (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£5); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 133
p. 133
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Verso: lower right, graphite: "40"; lower right, graphite: "3079"; lower right edge, graphite: "#2"; lower right edge, brown ink, a much longer inscription rubbed out: "[...] J.B. Xaverÿ [...]".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: lower right, graphite: "40"; lower right, graphite: "3079"; lower right edge, graphite: "#2"; lower right edge, brown ink, a much longer inscription rubbed out: "[...] J.B. Xaverÿ [...]".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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