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Venus, Cupid and a dolphin

Maker

(artist)
1499-1546

Title

Medium

traces of black chalk, pen and brown ink and brown wash on laid paper, laid down

Dimensions

Height: 23.4 cm
Width: 13.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1972.WF.4767

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Fund, purchase, 1972

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

Provenance

Sir Thomas Lawrence, London (1769-1830), L.2445; purchased from him by Samuel Woodburn, London (1786-1853); purchased from him by Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere, London (1800-1857), L.2710b, 1836; by descent to his heirs; their sale, Sotheby's (London), 5 December 1972, lot 69; purchased there by Brian Sewell, London (1931-2015); purchased from him by The Courtauld Gallery via the Witt Fund, December 1972

Literature

Giulio Romano, Musée du Louvre, Paris, 2012

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre, clearest from verso and so probably in the backing sheet: cartouche containing letters "GF" (no match found in Heawood, but there are 3 marks in Laurentius with these initials found in N. Italian mid-19th century paper).

Inscription: Giulio Romano.

Inscription: Venus & Cupid , with a dolphin / from the Collection of / Sir Thomas Lawrence //

Inscription: 151

Collector's mark: collector's mark of Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere (L.2710b)

Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Thomas Lawrence (L.2445)

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