Rape of the Sabines
Maker
(artist)
1508-1587
1508-1587
Title
Rape of the Sabines
Medium
pen and ink (brown), wash (brown) squared in chalk (black) on laid paper, laid down
Dimensions
Height: 12.1 cm
Width: 21.2 cm
Width: 21.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4527
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
Quaranta Isolani, Bologna (early 18th century); Nathaniel Hone, London (1718-1784); S.G. Davies; his sale, Sotheby's (London), 4 July 1951, lot 3; purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Romani, Vittoria, Lelio Orsi, Modena 1984
ill. on p. 123, no. 38
ill. on p. 123, no. 38
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, brown ink: Lelio Orsi di Novellara.
Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, red chalk: 165.
Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): upper centre, dark brown ink: Originale / Di Lelio Orsi, detto Lelio da Nov'allara / Questo era nella Raccolta del Quaranta Isolani / in Bologna. .
Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): upper centre, brown ink, the number underlined: N. 1.
Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): centre, graphite, faded: 10.
Inscription: Mount (removed, cut down and now in file), pen and brown ink: The Rape of the Sabines sketch by Novellara / In the collection of King Charles 1st
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right edge and again on mount (removed, cut down and now in file), stamped in black: Nathaniel Hone (L.2793).
Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, red chalk: 165.
Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): upper centre, dark brown ink: Originale / Di Lelio Orsi, detto Lelio da Nov'allara / Questo era nella Raccolta del Quaranta Isolani / in Bologna. .
Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): upper centre, brown ink, the number underlined: N. 1.
Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): centre, graphite, faded: 10.
Inscription: Mount (removed, cut down and now in file), pen and brown ink: The Rape of the Sabines sketch by Novellara / In the collection of King Charles 1st
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right edge and again on mount (removed, cut down and now in file), stamped in black: Nathaniel Hone (L.2793).
Watermark: none.
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