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Charon and the Damned

Maker

(artist)
1743-1823

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1600-1699

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1582-1647

Title

Charon and the Damned

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

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

Dimensions

Height: 27.2 cm
Width: 32 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.821

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

Spencer (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermarks: none evident in the drawing sheet. Backing sheet (historic): centre: coat of arms? Difficult to see. No match yet found in Heawood or Briquet.

Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): right of centre, graphite: “128 / 9 //”; lower left, graphite: “Lanfranco”.

Collector's mark: none.

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