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Bacchus and Ariadne (?)

Maker

Edward Calvert (artist)
1799-1883

Title

Bacchus and Ariadne (?)

Date of Production

1800 - 1899

Medium

oil paint on card

Dimensions

Height: 15.3 cm
Width: 20.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4452

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

F.R. Meatyard (London); purchased there by Colnaghi (London), 4 October 1950; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 3 November 1950, for £15; Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 9

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: n/a.

Inscription: Verso: lower right edge, graphite, Colnaghi number: "A 17780".

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

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