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Samson slaying the Philistines

Maker

(artist)
1600-1699

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1702-1788

Title

Samson slaying the Philistines

Date of Production

1675 - 1699

Medium

red chalk with stumping on laid paper, on a historic support

Dimensions

Height: 32 cm
Width: 25 cm

Accession Number

D.1964.WF.4732

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Fund, purchase, 1964

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

an album presumably compiled by an Italian collector in the eighteenth century, possibly Zaccaria Segredo; Colnaghi (London); purchased there by The Courtauld via the Witt Fund, 1964 (£50)

Exhibition History

Italian Drawings of the 17th and 18th Centuries from the Witt
Collection
, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/03/1971-01/04/1971

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Support (historic), Recto: lower right edge, graphite, Colnaghi number and attribution: “Zuccarelli / D 26817 //”; lower right corner, gold ink, album page number: “5I”. Support (historic), Verso: lower right corner, graphite, faded and written twice: “35”. May be something written on the verso, left of centre, but unable to tell through the support.

Collector's mark: none.

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