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Caricatures of two men walking

Maker

(artist)
1612-1666

Title

Caricatures of two men walking

Medium

pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, now laid down

Dimensions

Height: 13.1 cm
Width: 13.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.582

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

Nathaniel Hone, London (1718-1784), L.2793; possibly his estate sale, Hutchins (London), 7 - 14 February 1785, lot 36 on the 2nd night or lot 50 on the 3rd night (both list 20 drawings by 'Mola, etc.'; no buyers listed); Spencer (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Italian Drawings of the 17th and 18th Centuries from the Witt
Collection
, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/03/1971-01/04/1971

Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970

Artists in 17th Century Rome, Wildenstein, London, 01/06/1955-16/07/1955

Literature

Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970
cat. no. 42

Artists in 17th Century Rome, Wildenstein, London, 1955
cat. no. 57

Inscriptions

Signature: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink, signed by the artist? Mola.

Inscription: Support (removed, in object file), Recto: lower centre, brown ink: Pier Francesco Mola Luganese - N. 1621 M. 1666 / allievo del Guercino e dell'Albani .

Inscription: Support (removed, in object file), Recto: lower right, graphite: From Hone's collection.

Inscription: Support (removed, in object file): upper right, graphite, Witt number: Mola 582.

Collector's mark: Recto: right lower edge, stamped in black: Nathaniel Hone (L.2793).

Collector's mark: Support (removed, in object file), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Watermark: none.

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