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Allegorical scene (a Bacchanal?)

Maker

Vittoriano Urbino da Cremona (artist)
active 17th century (Life dates)

Title

Allegorical scene (a Bacchanal?)

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, now laid down on Japanese tissue

Dimensions

Height: 19.3 cm
Width: 27.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.72

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

F.R. Meatyard (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d. (18 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower centre, brown ink: “Vittoriano Vrbino da Cremona Pit:-”. Verso (hidden under Japanese tissue, visible via transmitted light): upper left edge, ink: “vittoriano urbino cremasco pittore”.

Collector's mark: none.

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