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Horned sheep

Maker

(artist)
1636-1672

Title

Horned sheep

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

black chalk on laid paper, with brown ink and graphite framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 11.1 cm
Width: 15.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4449

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

Uvedale Price, Foxley (1747-1829), 1785; his estate sale, Sotheby's (London), 3 - 4 May 1854, lot 261; purchased by Colnaghi (London), between 16 and 23 June 1950; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 2: Other than landscape, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1976-77 (Nov.-Feb.)

Literature

Broos, Ben and Schapelhouman, Marijn. Nederlandse tekenaars geboren tussen 1600 en 1660. (Amsterdam: Amsterdam Historisch Museum, 1993)

Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 2: Other than landscape, Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1976 - Febr
cat. no. 58

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: lower centre edge, fragment: edge of a circle.

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, graphite, artist's initials: "AV.V:". Verso: lower left edge, graphite, Colnaghi number: "A17575".

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