Hercules and Cacus
Maker
After
(artist)
1557-1602
Attributed to
(artist)
1560-1609
(artist)
1557-1602
Attributed to
(artist)
1560-1609
Title
Hercules and Cacus
Date of Production
(circa) 1593 - 1595
Medium
pen and ink (brown), wash (brown) on laid paper, laid down on a historic mount
Dimensions
Height: 38.4 cm
Width: 25 cm
Width: 25 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.667
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
possibly Ercolo Lelli, Bologna (1702-1766), L.2852; Robert Udny, London and Teddington (1722-1802), L.2248; Mrs Jean Miller Morrison, Edinburgh; her sale, Sotheby's (London), 23 May 1922, lot 3 (as 'Ulysses about to blind Polyphemus', with D.1952.RW.667.1 and .2); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£1); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
The Carracci - Drawings and Paintings, Newcastle & England, 1961
Counterfeits, Imitations and Copies of Works of Art, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1924
Eton, London, 1924
Counterfeits, Imitations and Copies of Works of Art, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1924
Eton, London, 1924
Literature
Counterfeits, Imitations and Copies of Works of Art, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1924
cat. no. 312
no. 312
cat. no. 312
no. 312
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto, left centre: circle with a double border containing a pot? Unable to find a match on Briquet or Piccard but difficult to see clearly due to mount. Circle is 5 cm high and 4.4 wide.
Inscription: Agostino Caracci.
Inscription: Lugt / 2852 //
Inscription: 667
Inscription: plain
Inscription: [...]18
Inscription: In Fresco over the Chimney / in the Second Room of the Zampiere / Pallace at Bologna- //
Inscription: The picture painted by Lodovivo [this crossed out, 'Agostino' written over it] for which / this fine Drawing was the design, is painted / in Fresco over the Chimney, in the Zampiere Palace at Bologna, RU. //
Inscription: Morrison Sale / May 23. 22 / No 3 //
Inscription: R Udney
Label: AGOSTINO CARRACCI. / 1557-1602. / 3 Ulysses about to blind Polyphemus / Bistre, pen and wash, 15 1/8 in. by 9 7/8 in. / *** From the Udney collection. / and two others //
Collector's mark: possibly collector's mark of Ercolo Lelli (L.2852)
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Robert Udny (L.2248)
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
Inscription: Agostino Caracci.
Inscription: Lugt / 2852 //
Inscription: 667
Inscription: plain
Inscription: [...]18
Inscription: In Fresco over the Chimney / in the Second Room of the Zampiere / Pallace at Bologna- //
Inscription: The picture painted by Lodovivo [this crossed out, 'Agostino' written over it] for which / this fine Drawing was the design, is painted / in Fresco over the Chimney, in the Zampiere Palace at Bologna, RU. //
Inscription: Morrison Sale / May 23. 22 / No 3 //
Inscription: R Udney
Label: AGOSTINO CARRACCI. / 1557-1602. / 3 Ulysses about to blind Polyphemus / Bistre, pen and wash, 15 1/8 in. by 9 7/8 in. / *** From the Udney collection. / and two others //
Collector's mark: possibly collector's mark of Ercolo Lelli (L.2852)
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Robert Udny (L.2248)
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
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