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Presentation in the temple

Maker

(artist)
1619-1676

Title

Presentation in the temple

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

pen and brown ink, brown and grey wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, laid down on a historic support

Dimensions

Height: 30.7 cm
Width: 20.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4523

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

James Harris, 3rd Earl of Malmesbury (Viscount Fitzharris) (1807-1889); his estate sale, Christie's (London), 21 April 1950, lot 86; purchased there by Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 29 March 1951 (£78); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Rembrandt and his circle: an exhibition of drawings, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 1966
under no. 45

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to support.

Collector's mark: Support (historic), Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Inscription: Support (historic), Verso: upper centre edge, brown ink, underlined: "E 8."; centre, brown ink: "A No 62."; centre, graphite: "10"; left centre, graphite: "17/6"; lower right corner, graphite, Colnaghi number and price: "A 17408 / RS/L/- //".

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