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Design for goldsmith's work

Maker

(artist)
1584-1669

Title

Design for goldsmith's work

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

red 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: 13.9 cm
Width: 12.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.462.5

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 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).

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