Rider and horse - design for a festival
Maker
(artist)
1600-1699
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1610-1664
1600-1699
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1610-1664
Title
Rider and horse - design for a festival
Date of Production
(circa) 1650
Medium
black chalk, pen and brown ink on laid paper, laid down, with large areas of loss filled in
Dimensions
Height: 35 cm
Width: 30.3 cm
Width: 30.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4542
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
Franklyn (?); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£10); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London; York City Art Gallery; Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
Literature
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London, York City Art Gallery and Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
cat. no. 62
cat. no. 62
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Verso (backing sheet): lower centre: circle with double borders containing a fleur-de-lis with a letter “V” above (similar but not exact match to Heawood 1591 and 1592).
Collector's mark: Verso (backing sheet): lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: upper left corner, brown ink: “2145”; lower left, graphite, faded: “880” and “6/”; lower centre edge, brown ink: “S Della Bella”; lower right, graphite, faded: “2”. Verso (backing sheet): upper left, graphite, circled: “15”; lower left, graphite: “£25-”; lower right, graphite, faded and abraded: “12/ / […] a / M[…]loza 15 […] //”. Newsprint fragment adhered to Verso (backing sheet): upper left edge, printed in black ink: “Un plat de pu[…] / un plat de […] / […] / […] supérieure depuis / Salons pou[…] / Paris. –Imprim[…] //”.
Collector's mark: Verso (backing sheet): lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: upper left corner, brown ink: “2145”; lower left, graphite, faded: “880” and “6/”; lower centre edge, brown ink: “S Della Bella”; lower right, graphite, faded: “2”. Verso (backing sheet): upper left, graphite, circled: “15”; lower left, graphite: “£25-”; lower right, graphite, faded and abraded: “12/ / […] a / M[…]loza 15 […] //”. Newsprint fragment adhered to Verso (backing sheet): upper left edge, printed in black ink: “Un plat de pu[…] / un plat de […] / […] / […] supérieure depuis / Salons pou[…] / Paris. –Imprim[…] //”.
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