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Battle scene

Maker

Joseph Parrocel (artist)
1646-1704

Title

Battle scene

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

pen and grey ink, grey wash on parchment, with brown ink framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 20.5 cm
Width: 28.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.746

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

Sotheby's (London) [probably 12 July 1922 as RW.743 and 745 were purchased there]; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (10 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

French 17th Century Drawings, Bristol City Art Gallery, Bristol, 1956

Inscriptions

Watermark: n/a.

Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink: G; lower left edge, graphite, Witt number: 746. Verso is inaccessible, as the drawing is secured at all sides to the mount.

Collector's mark: Presumably on the verso, which is now inaccessible as the drawing is secured at all sides to the mount: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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