Still life with musical instruments and two globes
Maker
(artist)
1622-1674
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
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
Keywords
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
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.
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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