Two horsemen and an ostler
Maker
(artist)
1785-1841
Copy after
(artist)
1620-1691
1785-1841
Copy after
(artist)
1620-1691
Title
Two horsemen and an ostler
Date of Production
1821
Medium
chalk (black, red, blue), watercolour, bodycolour on wove paper, laid down on a historic mount
Dimensions
Height: 19.9 cm
Width: 25.1 cm
Width: 25.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.979
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
Jona Baron von Ustinov, London (1892-1962); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 29 October 1935; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 5 December 1935 (£8 and in part exchange, likely for drawings Witt had sold to Colnaghi in September 1935); 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: D Wilkie
Inscription: Cuyp Louvre
Inscription: 5/3
Inscription: 55
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
Inscription: D Wilkie
Inscription: Cuyp Louvre
Inscription: 5/3
Inscription: 55
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
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