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Two designs for a reliquary containing a femur

Maker

(artist)
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

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”.

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