Study for 'Martin Luther at the Diet of Worms'
Maker
(artist)
1785-1841
1785-1841
Title
Study for 'Martin Luther at the Diet of Worms'
Date of Production
1835
Medium
pen and brush and brown ink on paper, laid down on a historic mount with D.1952.RW.868.2-.3
Dimensions
Height: 10.1 cm
Width: 13.9 cm
Width: 13.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.868.1
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
E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (17 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 57
p. 57
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to mount.
Inscription: 866
Inscription: Sale L[...] Edge BM
Inscription: 868
Inscription: Sir David Wilkie / Martin Luther before the Diet a[...] //
Inscription: Martin Luther before the / Diet at Worms. / Original Sketch by / Sir David Wilkie . (signed.) / bought at Christie's & Manson's / sale rooms. June 1860. / From Lord Powerscourt's Collection / Oct. 1908 //
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
Inscription: 866
Inscription: Sale L[...] Edge BM
Inscription: 868
Inscription: Sir David Wilkie / Martin Luther before the Diet a[...] //
Inscription: Martin Luther before the / Diet at Worms. / Original Sketch by / Sir David Wilkie . (signed.) / bought at Christie's & Manson's / sale rooms. June 1860. / From Lord Powerscourt's Collection / Oct. 1908 //
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
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