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Group of peasants and cattle beside cliffs

Maker

Pietro Palmieri, the elder (artist)
1737-1804

Title

Group of peasants and cattle beside cliffs

Date of Production

1700 - 1799

Medium

pen and brown ink, brown and grey wash on laid paper, laid down on a mount

Dimensions

Height: 32.1 cm
Width: 39.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.7

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

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Provenance

E. Parsons & Sons (London), catalogue 38, 1921, lot 327; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (79 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Pantheon, December 1935

Inscriptions

Watermark: unable to check due to mount.

Inscription: Recto: signed within the drawing, lower right on log, brown ink, abraded and difficult to read but likely: "Palmierij In Fecit" [see photo in file].

Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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