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Study for a ceiling painting with Gods in the sky

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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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

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.

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