Abraham burying Sarah
Maker
(artist)
1503-1586
Formerly attributed to
Adriaen Pietersz. Crabeth (artist)
died 1553
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1523-1605
1503-1586
Formerly attributed to
Adriaen Pietersz. Crabeth (artist)
died 1553
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1523-1605
Title
Abraham burying Sarah
Date of Production
1563 - 1580
Medium
pen and brown ink, brown wash, white and grey bodycolour on blue laid paper, with graphite framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 20.8 cm
Width: 26.4 cm
Width: 26.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1965.WF.4739
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Fund, purchase, 1965 (May)
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Heinrich Wilhelm Campe, Leipzig (1770-1862); his forced sale, C.G. Boerner (Leipzig), 24 September 1827, L.2731; Prince Wladimir Nikolaevitch Argoutinsky-Dolgoroukoff, Paris (1875-1941), L.2602d; his sale, R.W.P. de Vries (Amsterdam), 27 March 1925, lot 362 (as Stradanus, 'Burial of Jacob'); anonymous sale, R.W.P. de Vries, Amsterdam, 9-10 December 1930, no. 480 (as Stradanus); Albert Welcker, Amsterdam (1884-1957), L.2793c; Yvonne ffrench (London); purchased from her by The Courtauld via the Witt Fund (as Crabeth), May 1965 (£80)
Exhibition History
Newly Acquired Drawings for the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965-1966
Old master drawings, Yvonne ffrench at the Alpine Club Gallery, London, 1965 (May)
Old master drawings, Yvonne ffrench at the Alpine Club Gallery, London, 1965 (May)
Literature
Dacos, Nicole, 'Peeter de Kempeneer / Pedro Campaña as a draughtsman' in 'Master Drawings', Winter 1987 - pp. 359-89 and 422-33; 25, 4
pp. 370, 373, 375
pl. 10
Newly Acquired Drawings for the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965-1966
cat. no. 11
as Crabeth
Old master drawings, Yvonne ffrench at the Alpine Club Gallery, London, 1965 (May)
cat. no. 10
ill.
as Crabeth
pp. 370, 373, 375
pl. 10
Newly Acquired Drawings for the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965-1966
cat. no. 11
as Crabeth
Old master drawings, Yvonne ffrench at the Alpine Club Gallery, London, 1965 (May)
cat. no. 10
ill.
as Crabeth
Inscriptions
Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, brown ink: “32”. Verso: lower left corner, graphite: “BWG”; lower left edge, brown ink, Welcker’s inventory number: “Inv. No. 1395”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: City of Leipzig forced sale (L.2731); lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Dolgoroukoff (L.2602d); lower left corner, stamped in blue ink and accompanied by an inventory number (transcribed above): Albert Welcker (L.2793c).
Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, brown ink: “32”. Verso: lower left corner, graphite: “BWG”; lower left edge, brown ink, Welcker’s inventory number: “Inv. No. 1395”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: City of Leipzig forced sale (L.2731); lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Dolgoroukoff (L.2602d); lower left corner, stamped in blue ink and accompanied by an inventory number (transcribed above): Albert Welcker (L.2793c).
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