Two vagabonds
Maker
Johann Conrad Seekatz (artist)
1719-1768
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
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
Keywords
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).
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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