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Sheet of composition sketches and notes (recto)

Maker

(artist)
1675-1734

Title

Sheet of composition sketches and notes (recto)

Medium

pen and ink (brown), chalk (red) (recto), graphite, pen and ink (brown) (verso), on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 19.4 cm
Width: 30.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4354

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

Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 28 May 1942; purchased back there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 13 March 1950, for £5; Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 52

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: lower centre: paper too fine to see clearly but some delicate lines there.

Inscription: Pansfr. / From Plutarch / ... caduce & a cornucopia //

Inscription: 4th of Titus / ... with ye other covers her eyes //

Inscription: (9) / Sketches refer to / Bull subjects //

Inscription: 7

Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)

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