Jacob and the Angel
Maker
(artist)
1575-1640
1575-1640
Title
Jacob and the Angel
Date of Production
(August) 1613
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash, white bodycolour (now much discoloured) on blue laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 26.3 cm
Width: 23.5 cm
Width: 23.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.446
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
Spencer (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Verso: upper right corner, on remnant of a former backing sheet now mostly removed, graphite, circled: “35”; centre, brown ink: “i6i3 . G . M.R. agosto”; centre, graphite: “Giov. Mauro Rovere”; below that a few lines in graphite erased, can only read “1570”; lower centre, graphite, hard to read: “A[…]no”; lower right corner, on remnant of a former backing sheet now mostly removed, graphite: “Giovanni / Maria [sic] / Rovere / 1570-1640 //”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Verso: upper right corner, on remnant of a former backing sheet now mostly removed, graphite, circled: “35”; centre, brown ink: “i6i3 . G . M.R. agosto”; centre, graphite: “Giov. Mauro Rovere”; below that a few lines in graphite erased, can only read “1570”; lower centre, graphite, hard to read: “A[…]no”; lower right corner, on remnant of a former backing sheet now mostly removed, graphite: “Giovanni / Maria [sic] / Rovere / 1570-1640 //”.
Collector's mark: none.
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