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Rape of Europa

Maker

(artist)
1566-1638

Title

Rape of Europa

Date of Production

1500 - 1699

Medium

pen and brown ink, grey wash on laid paper, the upper edge irregularly cut and made up, laid down, with brown ink framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 14.4 cm
Width: 17.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.472

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

unidentified collector, L.477; F.R. Meatyard (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£2.55); 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. 2

Lindeman, C.M.A.A., Joachin Anthonisz Wtewael, Utrecht 1929
section B, no. 4
Illus. pl. XXXVIII

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, brown ink, signed by the artist: "J. W.tteWael"; lower centre, graphite: erased or faded and now illegible. Verso (backing sheet): centre, graphite: "Lot 100"; lower centre, graphite, underlined: "Sphrang[...]".

Collector's mark: Recto: lower centre, pen and brown ink: unidentified collector (L.477). Verso (backing sheet): lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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