Two designs for a reliquary containing a femur
Maker
(artist)
1600-1699
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1700-1799
1600-1699
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1700-1799
Title
Two designs for a reliquary containing a femur
Date of Production
1600 - 1699
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, laid down, hinged at the left edge to a historic support (recto), graphite? (verso - now hidden under backing sheet, visible under transmitted light)
Dimensions
Height: 28.8 cm
Width: 15.5 cm
Width: 15.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4242
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
Paul Prouté (Paris); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermarks: Recto, centre: “MP” (not found in Heawood). Backing sheet: Verso, left centre: a teardrop (not found in Heawood).
Collector's mark: Verso (backing sheet): lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower right of centre edge, graphite, unclear: “+x [?]”. Support (historic), Recto: upper left corner, graphite: “#1”; lower right, graphite: “Opmt”; lower left corner, graphite, Witt number: “4242”.
Collector's mark: Verso (backing sheet): lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower right of centre edge, graphite, unclear: “+x [?]”. Support (historic), Recto: upper left corner, graphite: “#1”; lower right, graphite: “Opmt”; lower left corner, graphite, Witt number: “4242”.
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