Boy leading a horse with figures on horseback in background
Maker
After
(artist)
c. 1618-c.1676 (Life dates)
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1592-1667
(artist)
c. 1618-c.1676 (Life dates)
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1592-1667
Title
Boy leading a horse with figures on horseback in background
Date of Production
1605 - 1667
Medium
red chalk with stumping on laid paper, on a historic support
Dimensions
Height: 10.7 cm
Width: 18.7 cm
Width: 18.7 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.939
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
Charles Fairfax Murray, London (1849-1919) [not evident in the catalogue of his estate sale at Christie's, 30 January 1920, though not all drawings were listed in detail]; E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£2.1); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 130
p. 130
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, red chalk: "P.S." Support (historic), Recto: lower right edge, graphite: "Pieter Snyers. Antwerp 1696.". Support (historic), Verso: centre, graphite, circled and crossed through: "246 / 2 //"; lower left edge, graphite, Witt number: "939. palamedes ?".
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, red chalk: "P.S." Support (historic), Recto: lower right edge, graphite: "Pieter Snyers. Antwerp 1696.". Support (historic), Verso: centre, graphite, circled and crossed through: "246 / 2 //"; lower left edge, graphite, Witt number: "939. palamedes ?".
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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