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Two lovers (Tarquin and Lucretia?)

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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.

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