Battle scene
Maker
Joseph Parrocel (artist)
1646-1704
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
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
Keywords
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).
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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