Transubstantiation Satirized
Maker
Copy after
(artist)
1697-1764
(artist)
1697-1764
Title
Transubstantiation Satirized
Date of Production
(circa) 1794
Medium
pen and grey ink and grey wash on wove paper, framed with grey ink lines as if in a niche; the frame has then been redrawn in graphite and shifted slightly to the left; on the verso is black chalk residue seeming to follow outlines, though not matching those on the recto - some kind of offprint?
Dimensions
Height: 24.4 cm
Width: 17.4 cm
Width: 17.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1978.XX.18
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1978 (circa)
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
transubstantiation
Provenance
transferred to the Courtauld Gallery from the Witt Library 1978
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Stamp: Recto: right lower edge, black ink: lower border of a "Witt Library" stamp.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Verso: upper centre, graphite, Witt Library negative no.: "932/66 (160)"; upper centre, graphite, erased and mostly illegible: "Transub[...] / Copy [...] / Ex Witt Library".
Stamp: Recto: right lower edge, black ink: lower border of a "Witt Library" stamp.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Verso: upper centre, graphite, Witt Library negative no.: "932/66 (160)"; upper centre, graphite, erased and mostly illegible: "Transub[...] / Copy [...] / Ex Witt Library".
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