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King Solomon receiving the Queen of Sheba

Maker

(artist)
1694-1770

Formerly attributed to

1655-1729

Title

King Solomon receiving the Queen of Sheba

Date of Production

1700 - 1799

Medium

red chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, white bodycolour, on brown-prepared laid paper, executed using a ruler and compass, laid down on a historic support

Dimensions

Height: 21.5 cm
Width: 27.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4330

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

Dr Edward Peart, London and Butterwick (1756 or 1758-1824), L.891; possibly his sale, Christie's, London, 12-24 April 1822, sixth day, lot 11 ('One, V. Bleeck, and four Rysbrack'); Leo Franklyn (dealer), London (1889-1956); purchased from him by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£12); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 129

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: lower centre edge, fragment: upper half of a Strasburg lily (described by Peter Bower as 'top of ornamented fleur-de-lis; he had no further information to add).

Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, pen and brown ink: Edward Peart (L.891). Support (historic), Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Inscription: Support (historic), Verso: left upper edge, graphite: "95"; centre, graphite: "Mich: Rysback / Sculptor / 1750"; right of centre, graphite: "DR. Ed Peart Colln / 1758-1824 / (Carrington) / RW "; lower left edge, graphite: "PETER RYSBRAECK / ANTWERP 1657-1716".

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