Apollo and Marsyas
Maker
(artist)
1649-1705
1649-1705
Title
Apollo and Marsyas
Medium
black and white chalk on laid paper, hinged at the top to a historic paper support, framed with a black ink and chalk border
Dimensions
Height: 41.9 cm
Width: 38.8 cm
Width: 38.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.486
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
Spencer (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Kunze, Matthias. Daniel Seiter (1647-1705) : Die Zeichnungen (Salzburg: Salzburger Barockmuseum, 1997)
pp.130-131
pp.130-131
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermarks: Recto, right of centre, monogram: “PL” (smaller version of Heawood 3020 – Amsterdam 1702). Support: lower centre: crowned coat of arms above “I A V / WOLFE [? see photo in file]" (not found in Heawood or Piccard).
Inscription: Support (historic), Recto: lower centre, brown ink: “Daniel Sÿder, detto il Cavalier Daniele / del”. Support (historic), Verso: upper centre edge, brown ink: “2 H”; lower centre, graphite: “S” and “17/1”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Support (historic), Recto: lower centre, brown ink: “Daniel Sÿder, detto il Cavalier Daniele / del”. Support (historic), Verso: upper centre edge, brown ink: “2 H”; lower centre, graphite: “S” and “17/1”.
Collector's mark: none.
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