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Tower on a rock, enclosed in scrolls

Maker

(artist)
1637-1714

Title

Tower on a rock, enclosed in scrolls

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

red chalk, pen and brown ink, grey wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, laid down on a historic support

Dimensions

Height: 10.6 cm
Width: 16.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1955.WF.4624

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Fund, purchase, 1955

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords






Provenance

Witt Fund Purchase 1955

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to support.

Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, upper centre in banner and lower centre in banner, brown ink: “MILLE CLIPES PENDENT EX EA” and “FUNDATA SUPRA FIRMAM PETRAM.”. Support (historic), Verso: centre, graphite: “C”.

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

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