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Hercules and Cacus

Maker

After
(artist)
1557-1602

Title

Hercules and Cacus

Date of Production

(circa) 1593 - 1595

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, laid down on a historic paper support; some of the lines scored quite strongly

Dimensions

Height: 35.1 cm
Width: 24 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.668

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

Spencer (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; 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

Literature

Counterfeits, Imitations and Copies of Works of Art, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1924
cat. no. 313
no. 313

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermarks: none evident in the drawing sheet. Support (historic), Verso: left centre edge (only visible via raking light): a circle with a bulbous protuberance.

Inscription: 299

Inscription: 1567

Inscription: 33/1

Inscription: Agostino Caracci 1567.

Inscription: Cab Agostino Carracci Coll [...] / Hercules + Cacus //

Inscription: 65

Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)

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