Grotesque combat
Maker
(artist)
1563-1595
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1518-1583
1563-1595
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1518-1583
Title
Grotesque combat
Date of Production
1550 - 1555
Medium
black chalk, pen and black ink on parchment, with light brown ink framing lines, inset into a historic support along with D.1956.WF.4655, secured at all sides to the mount
Dimensions
Height: 6.5 cm
Width: 21.4 cm
Width: 21.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1956.WF.4653
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Fund, purchase, 1956
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Notes
Preparatory for the engraving by Etienne Delaune, in the same direction (one impression is in the British Museum inv. 1864,1114.548), part of a series of 8 prints. Another drawing for the series is in The Courtauld collection D.1956.WF.4655.
Provenance
Colnaghi (London); purchased there by The Courtauld via the Witt Fund, November 1956
Exhibition History
French Drawings: XVI-XIX Centuries, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 04/07/1991-06/10/1991
Newly Acquired Drawings for the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965-1966
A selection of drawings from the Witt collection: French drawings c. 1600-c. 1800, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1962
Newly Acquired Drawings for the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965-1966
A selection of drawings from the Witt collection: French drawings c. 1600-c. 1800, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1962
Literature
Newly Acquired Drawings for the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965-1966
cat. no. 22a
The French Renaissance in Prints from the Biblioteque Nationale de France.
p. 358
Catalogue of the Collection of Drawings in the Ashmolean Museum. Volume VI. French Ornament Drawings of the Sixteenth Century
p. 7 ...More
Christophe Pollet, Les gravures d'Etienne Delaune (1518-1583) (Villeneuve d'Asq Presses universitaires du Septentrion, 2001)
vol. 1, pp. 224-5
no. 26
Reference to associated print
French Drawings: XVI-XIX Centuries, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1991
no. 17, p. 42
ill. on p. 43
as Delaune ...Less
cat. no. 22a
The French Renaissance in Prints from the Biblioteque Nationale de France.
p. 358
Catalogue of the Collection of Drawings in the Ashmolean Museum. Volume VI. French Ornament Drawings of the Sixteenth Century
p. 7 ...More
Christophe Pollet, Les gravures d'Etienne Delaune (1518-1583) (Villeneuve d'Asq Presses universitaires du Septentrion, 2001)
vol. 1, pp. 224-5
no. 26
Reference to associated print
French Drawings: XVI-XIX Centuries, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1991
no. 17, p. 42
ill. on p. 43
as Delaune ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: n/a.
Inscription: none visible on the recto, the verso is inaccessible.
Collector's mark: none visible on the recto, the verso is inaccessible.
Inscription: none visible on the recto, the verso is inaccessible.
Collector's mark: none visible on the recto, the verso is inaccessible.
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