Design for a medal
Maker
(artist)
1809-1847
1809-1847
Title
Design for a medal
Date of Production
1847
Medium
graphite and watercolour on paper, cut out along the outlines and glued down on a sheet of notebook paper, laid down
Dimensions
Height: 25 cm
Width: 20.5 cm
Width: 20.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4780
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
by descent to the artist's granddaughter, Dora Benecke (1876-1962); given by her to Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, February 1949; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Ward Jones, Peter, 'A Mendelssohn drawing book and other documents in the Courtauld Institute of Art, London' in 'Mendelssohn Studien', 2011 - pp. 181-90; 17
p. 190
p. 190
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Support (historic): centre: crowned oval containing a figure.
Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, green watercolour over graphite: “AN EINE FLEISSIGE KLEINE MARIE.”. Notebook paper support, Recto: lower centre, black ink, hand of the artist’s daughter, Marie: “Orden fur mich von meinem / Vater gezeichnet & gemalt im Jahr / 1847. / M Benecke //”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, green watercolour over graphite: “AN EINE FLEISSIGE KLEINE MARIE.”. Notebook paper support, Recto: lower centre, black ink, hand of the artist’s daughter, Marie: “Orden fur mich von meinem / Vater gezeichnet & gemalt im Jahr / 1847. / M Benecke //”.
Collector's mark: none.
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