Apollo as Helios, with Pegasus (recto)
Torso of a male nude turning away and a building with columns (verso)
Apollo in Glory
Maker
(artist)
1600-1699
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1618-1682
1600-1699
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1618-1682
Title
Apollo as Helios, with Pegasus (recto)
Torso of a male nude turning away and a building with columns (verso)
Apollo in Glory
Torso of a male nude turning away and a building with columns (verso)
Apollo in Glory
Date of Production
1600 - 1699
Medium
black chalk, pen and brown ink, green and brown watercolour, with brown ink framing lines (recto), black chalk, pen and brown ink (verso), on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 25.4 cm
Width: 34.5 cm
Width: 34.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.511
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
Sotheby's (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (7 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
French 17th Century Drawings, Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol, 1956
Inscriptions
Watermark: lower centre edge, fragment: top of a Strasburg lily.
Former backing sheet (removed and now loose in the mount with the drawing), Recto: right centre edge: fragment of a Strasburg lily above letters “C&I[…]”; Countermark: Recto: left centre: “IV” (matches Heawood 1824 – no location or date given).
Inscription: Former backing sheet (removed and now loose in the mount with the drawing), Recto: occupied with black chalk outline drawing of large figural group, including a figure kneeling and receiving a gift; centre, graphite, Witt number: “511”; lower right brown ink, Greek?: “Di?ntgf [?] D?tocko [?]”. Former backing sheet, Verso (now laid down on Japanese tissue): lower right corner, graphite, circled: “7”. Mount (removed, now missing, recorded in file), Verso: ink: “Lepotre istoria”.
Collector's mark: Former backing sheet (removed and now loose in the mount with the drawing), Verso (now laid down on Japanese tissue): lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Former backing sheet (removed and now loose in the mount with the drawing), Recto: occupied with black chalk outline drawing of large figural group, including a figure kneeling and receiving a gift; centre, graphite, Witt number: “511”; lower right brown ink, Greek?: “Di?ntgf [?] D?tocko [?]”. Former backing sheet, Verso (now laid down on Japanese tissue): lower right corner, graphite, circled: “7”. Mount (removed, now missing, recorded in file), Verso: ink: “Lepotre istoria”.
Collector's mark: Former backing sheet (removed and now loose in the mount with the drawing), Verso (now laid down on Japanese tissue): lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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