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Punishment of Tantalus

Maker

(artist)
1571-1628

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1566-1651

Title

Punishment of Tantalus

Date of Production

1500 - 1699

Medium

pen and brown ink, brown wash, red chalk (added by a later hand), on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 9.8 cm
Width: 15 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4497

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

Emil Karel Josef Reznicek, Utrecht (1924-2002); Richard Buckle, London (1916-2001); his sale, Sotheby's (London), 25 April 1951, lot 85 (as by Bloemaert); purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952) (£26); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Robinson, William W., 'Two drawings by Jan Harmensz. Muller: a tale of two floods?' in 'Collected Opinions: essays on Netherlandish art in honour of Alfred Bader', London 2004 - pp, 139-47
pp. 142-45
fig. 4 on p. 144

Bosque, Andrée de, Mythologie et maniérisme aux Pays-Bas 1570-1630. Peintures-Dessins, Antwerp 1985
pp. 261-62
ill.
as Bloemaert

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, upper left corner: fragment of Arms of Amsterdam? Peter Bower was unable to identify, see transparency image in file.

Inscription: Recto: upper right corner, brown ink, unclear: “41112 [?] / 202 //”. Verso: lower left, graphite, Emil Reznicek’s hand: “Hendrik Goltzius / 1558-1616 / 3/REZ”; lower centre, graphite, Emil Reznicek’s hand: “Predigt im Freien / Feder – Sepia – Rötel //”; lower left, graphite: “Haarlem”; lower centre, graphite: “76”.

Collector's mark: none.

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