Dragon-shaped sleigh on ice
Maker
(artist)
1631-1690
1631-1690
Title
Dragon-shaped sleigh on ice
Date of Production
1658
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, black wash, watercolour, bodycolour on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines
XRF examination indicated the likely presence of vermillion, bone black, red lead, yellow ochre, silver and gold, and a copper-based blue pigment, possibly azurite or bice
XRF examination indicated the likely presence of vermillion, bone black, red lead, yellow ochre, silver and gold, and a copper-based blue pigment, possibly azurite or bice
Dimensions
Height: 19.5 cm
Width: 30.2 cm
Width: 30.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4548
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
Mrs G. Blois (?); purchased from her by Colnaghi (London), 5 December 1947; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 20 October 1951 (£9); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 2: Other than landscape, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1976-77 (Nov.-Feb.)
Literature
Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 2: Other than landscape, Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1976 - Febr
cat. no. 44
Bernt, Walter, Die niederländischen Maler und Zeichner des 17. Jahrhunderts, Munich 1957-1958
no. 94
cat. no. 44
Bernt, Walter, Die niederländischen Maler und Zeichner des 17. Jahrhunderts, Munich 1957-1958
no. 94
Inscriptions
Watermark: centre: Arms of Amsterdam (variant of Churchill 4 - dated 1659).
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink, faded, signed and dated by the artist's father (according to Holm Bevers, 2010): Geesken [altered from Geertsz] ter Borch. i658. Verso: lower left edge, graphite, Colnaghi number and price: A14989 L/-/-.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink, faded, signed and dated by the artist's father (according to Holm Bevers, 2010): Geesken [altered from Geertsz] ter Borch. i658. Verso: lower left edge, graphite, Colnaghi number and price: A14989 L/-/-.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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