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Transubstantiation Satirized

Maker

Copy after
(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

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".

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