Bowl of flowers
Maker
Jacob Marrel (artist)
1614-1681
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
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
Keywords
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.
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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