Hercules and Cacus
Maker
After
(artist)
1557-1602
(artist)
1557-1602
Title
Hercules and Cacus
Date of Production
(circa) 1593 - 1595
Medium
black and red chalk, pen and brown ink on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 41.1 cm
Width: 30.1 cm
Width: 30.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.667.2
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
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, brown ink: An. Carracci-.
Inscription: Recto: lower right, black ink: R.L. 43 (similar to L.2223c).
Inscription: Recto: lower left, graphite: 11.
Inscription: Verso: lower left, graphite, circled, upside down: 4.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower right, black ink: R.L. 43 (similar to L.2223c).
Inscription: Recto: lower left, graphite: 11.
Inscription: Verso: lower left, graphite, circled, upside down: 4.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Watermark: none.
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