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Bowl of flowers

Maker

Jacob Marrel (artist)
1614-1681

Title

Bowl of flowers

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

black chalk or graphite, watercolour and bodycolour on canvas (or on parchment with a canvas backing?)

Dimensions

Height: 32 cm
Width: 39.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4201

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

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Provenance

anonymous sale, Sotheby's (London), 13 July 1949, lot 25; purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952) (£26); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Second Nature, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 14/06/2000-03/09/2000

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: n/a.

Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, lower left, yellow bodycolour, signed by the artist: “JACOBVS MARRELLVS Fecit”. Verso: red staves with black musical notes accompanied by lines of black ink in Gothic script: “[...]ctus. Sa nctus. Dominus. / de usSa bbaoth. / Plenisuntce lietter //.”; upper right corner, graphite: “x”; lower right corner, graphite: “35” above some lines that have been erased.

Collector's mark: none.

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