Classroom of monkeys
Maker
Copy after
1610-1690
Formerly attributed to
Nicolaes van Veerendael
1640-1691
1610-1690
Formerly attributed to
Nicolaes van Veerendael
1640-1691
Title
Classroom of monkeys
Medium
traces of graphite, pen and brown ink, brown and grey wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, laid down
Dimensions
Height: 23.3 cm
Width: 33.6 cm
Width: 33.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4209
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
Spanking
Provenance
Konstantinoff (Paris); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£3); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Schepers, B., Monkey madness in seventeenth-century Antwerp, PhD diss., Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 2016
vol. II, p. 350, no. B70
as follower of David Teniers II
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 132
vol. II, p. 350, no. B70
as follower of David Teniers II
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 132
Inscriptions
Watermark: none.
Collector's mark: Mount (removed but mounted with the drawing), Recto: lower left, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): lower left, graphite: "N2192". Mount (removed but mounted with the drawing), Recto: lower right corner, graphite: "#11". Mount (removed but mounted with the drawing), Verso: left centre, graphite: "Verendal"; lower left edge, graphite, Witt number written incorrectly: "4029".
Collector's mark: Mount (removed but mounted with the drawing), Recto: lower left, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): lower left, graphite: "N2192". Mount (removed but mounted with the drawing), Recto: lower right corner, graphite: "#11". Mount (removed but mounted with the drawing), Verso: left centre, graphite: "Verendal"; lower left edge, graphite, Witt number written incorrectly: "4029".
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