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Hercules and Cacus

Maker

After
(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

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

Literature

Counterfeits, Imitations and Copies of Works of Art, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1924
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)

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