Adoration of the Shepherds
Maker
Willem Joseph Laquy (artist)
1738-1798
1738-1798
Title
Adoration of the Shepherds
Date of Production
(c.) 1793
Medium
pen and brown ink, brown wash, watercolour and touches of bodycolour on paper, with some gum arabic, laid down on a cardboard support
Dimensions
Height: 53.4 cm
Width: 42 cm
Width: 42 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4385
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
anonymous sale, Sotheby's (London), 26 April 1950, lot 36; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b; Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre (only visible in raking light due to cardboard support): "J HONIG / & / ZOONEN" (a little larger than Heawood 3344- Berne 1787).
Inscription: Recto: lower centre within the drawing on a rock, brown ink: “Chevalier / Van d.r Werff” and signed at lower right on another rock: “W Josep / Laquy / […]9[…]”. Cardboard support, Recto: lower centre margin, graphite, with an arrow pointing to the inscription on the drawing: “Chevalier / Van d.r Werff”; lower right corner, graphite, with an arrow pointing to the inscription on the drawing: “W. Joseph Laquy / ? 93”.
Collector's mark: Cardboard support (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower centre within the drawing on a rock, brown ink: “Chevalier / Van d.r Werff” and signed at lower right on another rock: “W Josep / Laquy / […]9[…]”. Cardboard support, Recto: lower centre margin, graphite, with an arrow pointing to the inscription on the drawing: “Chevalier / Van d.r Werff”; lower right corner, graphite, with an arrow pointing to the inscription on the drawing: “W. Joseph Laquy / ? 93”.
Collector's mark: Cardboard support (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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