Hercules and Cacus
Maker
After
(artist)
1557-1602
(artist)
1557-1602
Title
Hercules and Cacus
Date of Production
(circa) 1593 - 1595
Medium
graphite and pen and brown ink on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, spattered with black ink droplets, laid down on a historic mount
Dimensions
Height: 35 cm
Width: 25 cm
Width: 25 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.667.1
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
Mrs Jean Miller Morrison, Edinburgh; her sale, Sotheby's (London), 23 May 1922, accompanying lot 3 as a 'document'; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Counterfeits, Imitations and Copies of Works of Art, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1924
Literature
Counterfeits, Imitations and Copies of Works of Art, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1924
cat. no. 313a
no. 313a
cat. no. 313a
no. 313a
Inscriptions
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower centre, dark brown ink, first name added in graphite: Lod Carracci.
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower right, dark brown ink: 6.v W. L.t 13 oc.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: none.
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower right, dark brown ink: 6.v W. L.t 13 oc.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: none.
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