Design for goldmith's work
Maker
(artist)
1584-1669
1584-1669
Title
Design for goldmith's work
Date of Production
1600 - 1699
Medium
black chalk, pen and brown ink, grey wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, laid down on a historic mount with five others
Dimensions
Height: 8.1 cm
Width: 8.2 cm
Width: 8.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.462.2
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
Adalbert von Lanna, Prague (1836-1909), L.2773; his estate sale, H.G. Gutekunst (Stuttgart), 6 - 11 May 1910, lot 361; Hess (Munich); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (15 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check as is laid down on the mount.
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower right corner, grey ink: "J["an" added in graphite] Lutma. / (e' orfrèvr[...] //”; lower right corner, graphite: "I". Mount (historic), Verso: lower left, graphite, scribbled over: "Holz 224"; lower centre, graphite, circled, Witt number: "462."; lower right, graphite, underlined: "RPVTT".
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b). Mount (historic), Verso: lower right, stamped in black ink: Adalbert von Lanna (L.2773).
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower right corner, grey ink: "J["an" added in graphite] Lutma. / (e' orfrèvr[...] //”; lower right corner, graphite: "I". Mount (historic), Verso: lower left, graphite, scribbled over: "Holz 224"; lower centre, graphite, circled, Witt number: "462."; lower right, graphite, underlined: "RPVTT".
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b). Mount (historic), Verso: lower right, stamped in black ink: Adalbert von Lanna (L.2773).
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