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Apollo and Marsyas

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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.

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