Two half-draped youths - one seated, one kneeling on hands and knees
Maker
(artist)
1566-1651
1566-1651
Title
Two half-draped youths - one seated, one kneeling on hands and knees
Date of Production
1645 - 1650
Medium
black and red chalk with stumping, pen and brown ink on laid paper, with black chalk line along bottom and remnant of a brown ink line across the upper right edge
Dimensions
Height: 14.6 cm
Width: 18.3 cm
Width: 18.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4285
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); by descent to his nephew, Claude Lucas; his sale, Christie's (London), 9 December 1949, lot 51; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Bolten, Jaap, Abraham Bloemaert c. 1565-1651: the drawings, 2007
no. 954 on p. 313
fig. 954 on p. 359
no. 954 on p. 313
fig. 954 on p. 359
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: cross covered with a serpent, above a small house, above two boxes containing letters "VL" (no match in Heawood or Piccard, Peter Bower believes it is Swiss, mid-17th century).
Inscription: Verso: lower right, graphite: "#1".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: lower right, graphite: "#1".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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