Rape of Proserpina (recto)
Maker
Claude Gillot (artist)
1673-1722
1673-1722
Title
Rape of Proserpina (recto)
Date of Production
1600 - 1799
Medium
pen and grey ink, grey wash (recto), black chalk with pen and grey ink, red chalk (offset?) (verso), on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 21.3 cm
Width: 16.4 cm
Width: 16.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1960.WF.4702
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Fund, purchase, 1960
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Sir Albert Napier (1881-1973); his sale, Christie's (London), 14 October 1958, lot 68; purchased there by Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Boston Museum, 31 March 1959 (£45); purchased back from them by Colnaghi (London), 29 March 1960; purchased there by The Courtauld via the Witt Fund, 20 May 1960 (£50)
Literature
Moulinier, Axel, Cahiers du dessin français: Les satellites de Watteau, Paris, De Bayser Sarl Éditeur 2020
p. 11, no. 6
ill. on p. 44
p. 11, no. 6
ill. on p. 44
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto, right centre edge, fragment: half of a large circle containing lower limbs of figures? Too fragmentary to identify.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre edge, brown ink: "Gillot".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre edge, brown ink: "Gillot".
Collector's mark: none.
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