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Cockerel, and a group of dead fowl

Maker

(artist)
1600-1699

Title

Cockerel, and a group of dead fowl

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown, red and grey washes on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 35.8 cm
Width: 25.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4576

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

Leonard G. Duke, London (1890-1971); purchased from him by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: upper centre: circle containing anchor topped by star (closest to Briquet 495 but not exact match – Prague 1539, Luca 1540 and Narbonne 1579).

Inscription: Recto: upper left (within drawing), black chalk, each bird labelled, now mostly illegible: “pizza[…]”, “[….]ce” and two others. Verso: lower centre edge, graphite, faded and hard to read: “Live” [?].

Collector's mark: none.

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