Garden fete
Maker
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1592-1667
(artist)
1592-1667
Title
Garden fete
Medium
graphite, red chalk, pen and brown ink on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 14.9 cm
Width: 25.4 cm
Width: 25.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4566
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
O. Alexander (?); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 21 April 1949; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 26 November 1951 (£7, as 'Style of Inigo Jones'); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Alison Stoesser, Van Dyck's hosts in Genoa: Lucas and Cornelis de Wael's lives, business activities and works, Turnhout, 2018
cat. no. C126
p. 643
Vol. 2
Stoesser includes the drawing among the rejected attributions of Cornelis de Wael
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 133
cat. no. C126
p. 643
Vol. 2
Stoesser includes the drawing among the rejected attributions of Cornelis de Wael
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 133
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: left centre edge, graphite, circled: “6”; lower left graphite: “Calat / 30 //”; lower right, graphite, Colnaghi number and price: “? corn de Wael A 16378 / A/-/- //”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: left centre edge, graphite, circled: “6”; lower left graphite: “Calat / 30 //”; lower right, graphite, Colnaghi number and price: “? corn de Wael A 16378 / A/-/- //”.
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