Two lovers (Tarquin and Lucretia?)
Maker
(artist)
1606-1656
1606-1656
Title
Two lovers (Tarquin and Lucretia?)
Date of Production
1600 - 1699
Medium
black chalk, graphite, brown wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, laid down
Dimensions
Height: 16.4 cm
Width: 14.2 cm
Width: 14.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1959.WF.4694
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Fund, purchase, 1959 (August)
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Henri Baderou (1910-1991); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 30 May 1959; purchased there by The Courtauld via the Witt Fund, 23 July 1959 (£45)
Literature
Laurent de la Hyre 1606-1656. L'homme et l'oeuvre, Musée de Grenoble, Musée de Rennes, Musée de Bordeaux Paris 1988
no. 117
fig. 117 on p. 185
no. 117
fig. 117 on p. 185
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to backing sheet.
Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): upper left corner, graphite, circled: “6”; lower right, graphite, Colnaghi number: “A 23672”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): upper left corner, graphite, circled: “6”; lower right, graphite, Colnaghi number: “A 23672”.
Collector's mark: none.
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