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Women bathing

Maker

Attributed to
Pietro Fancelli (artist)
1764-1850

Alternatively attributed to
Giacomo Zampa (artist)
1731-1808

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1734-1802

Title

Women bathing

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, grey and brown wash on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 15.8 cm
Width: 25.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.56

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

Benno Geiger, Italy (1882-1965); his sale, Sotheby's (London), 7 - 10 December 1920, lot 125 (as a sheet twice as long); F.R. Meatyard (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d. (23 shillings for the full sheet, which Witt divided and disposed of the other half); Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Inscription: Verso: lower left corner, graphite: 2171.

Inscription: Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower left and lower right, graphite: 56 Gaetano Gandolfi / Italian 1734-1802 / Coll Geiger .

Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Watermark: none.

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