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Two vagabonds

Maker

Johann Conrad Seekatz (artist)
1719-1768

Title

Two vagabonds

Date of Production

1700 - 1799

Medium

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

Dimensions

Height: 21 cm
Width: 15.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4492

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

purchased by Sir N. (?) in Wiesbaden, 1823; Mrs C.G. Luard; her sale, Sotheby's (London), 25 February 1948, lot 83 (as part of a 'Volume containing a few prints, and over 70 drawings, chiefly of the Old Dutch School…'); purchased there by Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 29 March 1951 (£4); Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, left centre edge, fragment: top of a coat of arms? See tracing in file (couldn’t find anything similar in Heawood).

Inscription: Verso: upper centre, graphite: Seekatz of D’Armstadt / Flourished at the Close of the / 18th Century and commencement / of the 19th. //”; right centre edge, dark brown ink, cut off by edge: “Seekatz / [illegible] d’Armstadt / purchased in 1823. At / Weisbaden by Sir N[...] //”; lower centre, graphite, Colnaghi number: “A15265”; lower right corner, graphite: “Seekatz / D’Armstadt //”; lower centre edge, graphite: “No. 1”.

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left edge, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.22228b).

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