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Still life with musical instruments and two globes

Maker

(artist)
1622-1674

Title

Still life with musical instruments and two globes

Date of Production

1640 - 1674

Medium

red chalk with stumping, moistened in areas, on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 20 cm
Width: 30.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4496

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

Paul Mantz, Paris (1821-1895) [as per Sotheby's entry and inscription on former mount]; sale of 'Property of a Gentleman', Sotheby's (London), 25 April 1951, lot 43; purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952) (£22, with two others); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 123

Inscriptions

Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, brown ink: “Boel”. Mount (removed but still mounted with the drawing), Recto: lower centre, in cartouche, black ink: “BOEL ELEVE DE SNYDERS”; lower left, graphite: “Coll. Paul Mantz / 4496. Lot 43”.

Collector's mark: none.

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