Study for a ceiling painting with Gods in the sky
Maker
(artist)
1695-1754
1695-1754
Title
Study for a ceiling painting with Gods in the sky
Date of Production
(circa) 1725
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash, with brown ink framing lines executed using a ruler and compass
Dimensions
Height: 17.9 cm
Width: 31.4 cm
Width: 31.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4306
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
F.A. Drey (London); given from there to Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1958-59
Literature
Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1958 - 1959
cat. no. 11
cat. no. 11
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: a name, unable to see clearly: "IANV[...]" (not found in Heawood).
Inscription: Recto: lower left, brown ink, signed by the artist, the last line cut off: "J deWit invt / & Fecit / 3 [?]//". Verso: lower left corner, graphite: "KM / 5x0 //"; lower centre, edge, brown ink, artist's hand, partly cut off: "blaffon / [...]S Hier Corneliswittert [...] von valkenburgh & tot rotterdm geschilderz"; lower right corner, brown ink: "51".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left, brown ink, signed by the artist, the last line cut off: "J deWit invt / & Fecit / 3 [?]//". Verso: lower left corner, graphite: "KM / 5x0 //"; lower centre, edge, brown ink, artist's hand, partly cut off: "blaffon / [...]S Hier Corneliswittert [...] von valkenburgh & tot rotterdm geschilderz"; lower right corner, brown ink: "51".
Collector's mark: none.
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