Combat of Centaurs and Lapiths
Maker
(artist)
1563-1595
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1518-1583
1563-1595
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1518-1583
Title
Combat of Centaurs and Lapiths
Date of Production
1550 - 1555
Medium
black chalk, pen and black ink, grey wash on parchment with grey ink framing lines, inset into a historic support along with D.1956.WF.4653, secured at all sides to the mount
Dimensions
Height: 6.7 cm
Width: 22 cm
Width: 22 cm
Accession Number
D.1956.WF.4655
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. 1864,1114.552), part of a series of 8 prints. Another drawing for the series is in The Courtauld collection D.1956.WF.4653.
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. 22b
French Drawings: XVI-XIX Centuries, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1991
no. 18, p. 42
ill. on p. 43
as Delaune
Christophe Pollet, Les gravures d'Etienne Delaune (1518-1583) (Villeneuve d'Asq Presses universitaires du Septentrion, 2001)
vol. 2, p. 529
no. 230
Reference to associated print
cat. no. 22b
French Drawings: XVI-XIX Centuries, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1991
no. 18, p. 42
ill. on p. 43
as Delaune
Christophe Pollet, Les gravures d'Etienne Delaune (1518-1583) (Villeneuve d'Asq Presses universitaires du Septentrion, 2001)
vol. 2, p. 529
no. 230
Reference to associated print
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: n/a.
Inscription: none on the recto, the verso is inaccessible.
Collector's mark: none on the recto, the verso is inaccessible.
Inscription: none on the recto, the verso is inaccessible.
Collector's mark: none on the recto, the verso is inaccessible.
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