Revellers in a mock funeral procession
Maker
(artist)
1600-1699
1600-1699
Title
Revellers in a mock funeral procession
Date of Production
1600 - 1699
Medium
pen and brown ink, watercolour, bodycolour on brown-prepared laid paper, laid down
Dimensions
Height: 24.5 cm
Width: 64.6 cm
Width: 64.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4283
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
Lionel Lucas, London (1822-1862), L.1733a; by descent to his nephew, Claude Lucas; his sale, Christie's (London), 9 December 1949, lot 51 (with three others); purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£4); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 134
p. 134
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Verso (backing card): right centre edge, graphite, crossed through: "open"; lower left, graphite, Witt number: "4283".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Lionel Lucas (L.1733a). Verso (backing card): lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso (backing card): right centre edge, graphite, crossed through: "open"; lower left, graphite, Witt number: "4283".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Lionel Lucas (L.1733a). Verso (backing card): lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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