Jacob relating his dreams
Maker
(artist)
1740-1821
After
(artist)
1483-1520
1740-1821
After
(artist)
1483-1520
Title
Jacob relating his dreams
Date of Production
1781
Medium
graphite, pen and grey ink, watercolour on laid paper, laid down on a blue paper support
Dimensions
Height: 12.1 cm
Width: 20.5 cm
Width: 20.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.799
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
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 38
p. 38
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: upper left corner, brown ink: "27"; lower left edge, brown ink, signed with initials and dated: "NP1781". Support (historic), Recto: lower left, graphite: an arrow pointing upwards at signature/date in drawing; lower right, graphite: "N. Pocock / 1781". Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower centre, graphite: "Jacob relating his dreams / Study after Raphael's Fresco in the Loggia, Vatican; lower right, graphite: Nicholas Pocock / 1741(?) 1821 / Signed. NP1781".
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Recto: lower left, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: upper left corner, brown ink: "27"; lower left edge, brown ink, signed with initials and dated: "NP1781". Support (historic), Recto: lower left, graphite: an arrow pointing upwards at signature/date in drawing; lower right, graphite: "N. Pocock / 1781". Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower centre, graphite: "Jacob relating his dreams / Study after Raphael's Fresco in the Loggia, Vatican; lower right, graphite: Nicholas Pocock / 1741(?) 1821 / Signed. NP1781".
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Recto: lower left, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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