Design for a decorated dish - frieze with Neptune and Amphitrite
Maker
Attributed to
(artist)
1573/75-1632
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1606-1669
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1570-1634
(artist)
1573/75-1632
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1606-1669
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1570-1634
Title
Design for a decorated dish - frieze with Neptune and Amphitrite
Date of Production
1600 - 1699
Medium
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown and blue wash on laid paper, cut into a circle and executed with a compass, with brown ink framing lines, laid down
Dimensions
Diameter: 22.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4211
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
Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, Amsterdam (1726-1798), L.2117, 2118, 2034, 3003; Konstantinoff (Paris); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£4, as by Pieter de Jode); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977-January 1978
Literature
De Floris à Roubens. Dessins de Maitres d’une Collection Particulière Belge, Musées Royaux de Beaux Artes de Belgique, Brussels, 20 Jan-15 May 2016
p. 219
fig. 2 on p. 220
as by de Jode
Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977- January 1978
cat. no. 61
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 131
p. 219
fig. 2 on p. 220
as by de Jode
Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977- January 1978
cat. no. 61
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 131
Inscriptions
Watermark: centre, too indistinct (Peter Bower was likewise unable to identify it).
Inscription: Verso: centre, red ink, probably Ploos van Amstel's hand, with a small bird in brown ink drawn over it: "Petrus de Jode F / geb: 1575 / gestorven / Diam. 8 3/4.d / b: iN: 19."; lower left, graphite: "30"; lower left edge, brown ink: "1011".
Collector's mark: Verso: left centre edge, blindstamped: Cornelis Ploos van Amstel (L.2034); left edge, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b); centre, pen and red ink (transcribed under Inscription): Cornelis Ploos van Amstel (L.2117, 2118, 3003).
Inscription: Verso: centre, red ink, probably Ploos van Amstel's hand, with a small bird in brown ink drawn over it: "Petrus de Jode F / geb: 1575 / gestorven / Diam. 8 3/4.d / b: iN: 19."; lower left, graphite: "30"; lower left edge, brown ink: "1011".
Collector's mark: Verso: left centre edge, blindstamped: Cornelis Ploos van Amstel (L.2034); left edge, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b); centre, pen and red ink (transcribed under Inscription): Cornelis Ploos van Amstel (L.2117, 2118, 3003).
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