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Study of an equestrian statuette
Maker
(artist)
1890-1967
After
(artist)
1598-1680
1890-1967
After
(artist)
1598-1680
Title
Study of an equestrian statuette
Date of Production
(circa) 1937 - 1938
Medium
synthetic (?) black chalk and graphite (recto), red chalk offset (verso) on laid paper, with pinholes at lower corners
Dimensions
Height: 46.7 cm
Width: 58.6 cm
Width: 58.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1978.PG.284
Mode of Acquisition
Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
© DACS 2023
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
purchased from the artist by Count Antoine Seilern, Vienna then London (1901-1978), 1939; Princes Gate Bequest 1978
Literature
Seilern, Count Antoine, Paintings and drawings of Continental Schools other than Flemish and Italian at 56 Princes Gate, London SW7, London 1961; III
no. 284
pl. CXIX, top
dated c. 1937-38
no. 284
pl. CXIX, top
dated c. 1937-38
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Verso: right upper edge: “PMF”; right lower corner, cut off: “[…]GRES” (as in “INGRES”).
Collector's mark: none.
Stamp: Verso: lower left, only partially stamped, in blue: coat of arms, encircled by words: “Vom Bundesdenkmalamt zum Ausfuhr freigegeben”.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre beneath horse’s belly, graphite, signed with initials, underlined: “FB.”; lower right corner, graphite: “Nr. 22”. Verso: right lower edge, graphite: “III”.
Collector's mark: none.
Stamp: Verso: lower left, only partially stamped, in blue: coat of arms, encircled by words: “Vom Bundesdenkmalamt zum Ausfuhr freigegeben”.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre beneath horse’s belly, graphite, signed with initials, underlined: “FB.”; lower right corner, graphite: “Nr. 22”. Verso: right lower edge, graphite: “III”.
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