Sheet of composition sketches and notes (recto)
Maker
(artist)
1675-1734
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
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
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)
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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