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Mythological ceiling decoration

Maker

(artist)
1689-1749

Title

Mythological ceiling decoration

Date of Production

1700 - 1799

Medium

pen and grey ink, grey wash, white bodycolour, on blue laid paper, with grey ink framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 31.4 cm
Width: 44.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.896

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. (£2.1); Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, grey wash, signed by the artist, partly cut off at edge: “G. Wilhelm [...?] / Neúnhertz. feci[...] //”. Verso: lower centre edge, on remnant of a former backing sheet, graphite, Witt number: “896 Neunhertz”.

Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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