Figures worshipping a pagan idol
Maker
(artist)
1696-1770
1696-1770
Title
Figures worshipping a pagan idol
Date of Production
c. 1725-1728
Medium
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 44.8 cm
Width: 29.3 cm
Width: 29.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1978.PG.149
Mode of Acquisition
Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
votive images
Label Text
From 2023 display Art and Artifice: Fakes from the Collection:
This sheet was one of 11 claimed to be by infamous British forger Eric Hebborn (1934–1996). However, recent provenance research has revealed this drawing was sold at auction in 1936, when Hebborn was only two years old. Therefore, he cannot be the author of this sheet.
This sheet was one of 11 claimed to be by infamous British forger Eric Hebborn (1934–1996). However, recent provenance research has revealed this drawing was sold at auction in 1936, when Hebborn was only two years old. Therefore, he cannot be the author of this sheet.
Provenance
Sir Gilbert Frankland Lewis, Worcester (d. 1883) [in his family for ‘nearly a century’, according to article in the Times, 3 February 1936]; by descent to his nephew Sir Henry Duff-Gordon, Aberdeen (1866-1953); his sale, Sotheby's (London), 19 February 1936, lot 67 (as 'Statue of Apollo with various figures in adoration'); purchased there by Reed (name annotated in sales catalogue); M. Bernard (London); purchased there by Colnaghi (London), 13 December 1957; purchased there by Count Antoine Seilern (1901-1978), 14 January 1958 (£200); Princes Gate Bequest 1978
Exhibition History
Art and Artifice: Fakes from the Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 17/06/2023-08/10/2023
Drawings by Tiepolo and Guardi in the Princes Gate Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 31/07/1982-30/01/1983
Drawings by Tiepolo and Guardi in the Princes Gate Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 31/07/1982-30/01/1983
Literature
Oppé, A.P., 'A fresh group of Tiepolo drawings' in 'Old Master Drawings', September 1930 - pp. 29-32
p. 30
Sotheby's (London), Catalogue of fine drawings; old master drawings; modern drawings., 1936 (19 February)
lot 67
Seilern, Count Antoine, Italian paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, SW7, London 1959; II
no. 149
pl. CIX ...More
Loggia del Lionello, Udine, 1965, Disegni del Tiepolo, 1965
p. 66 under no. 20
Tiepolo: a bicentenary exhibition, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, 1970, 1970
under no. 7
Seilern, Count Antoine, Corrigenda and Addenda to the Catalogue of paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, London 1971
no. 149
Drawings by Tiepolo and Guardi in the Princes Gate Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 31/07/1982- 30/01/1983, cat. by Helen Braham
cat. no. no. 2 ...Less
p. 30
Sotheby's (London), Catalogue of fine drawings; old master drawings; modern drawings., 1936 (19 February)
lot 67
Seilern, Count Antoine, Italian paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, SW7, London 1959; II
no. 149
pl. CIX ...More
Loggia del Lionello, Udine, 1965, Disegni del Tiepolo, 1965
p. 66 under no. 20
Tiepolo: a bicentenary exhibition, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, 1970, 1970
under no. 7
Seilern, Count Antoine, Corrigenda and Addenda to the Catalogue of paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, London 1971
no. 149
Drawings by Tiepolo and Guardi in the Princes Gate Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 31/07/1982- 30/01/1983, cat. by Helen Braham
cat. no. no. 2 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Verso: upper left, dark brown ink: “S. Anna”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Verso: upper left, dark brown ink: “S. Anna”.
Collector's mark: none.
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