Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre
Maker
(artist)
1625-1695
1625-1695
Title
Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre
Date of Production
(circa) 1686
Medium
pen and brown ink, over some traces of black chalk, on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 16 cm
Width: 28.7 cm
Width: 28.7 cm
Accession Number
D.1982.JW.27
Mode of Acquisition
John Witt, Art Fund bequest & grant aid, 1982
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Notes
Engraved by Bouttats as an illustration to Enrico Caterino Davila's Historia de las Guerras Civiles de Francia published by Jan Baptist Verdussen (Antwerp, 1686 - see impression at the British Museum, 1868,0208.7).
Provenance
Frederick Richard Meatyard, London (1881-1966); purchased there by Sir John Witt, London (1907-1982), L.646a, July 1932 (30 shillings); John Witt Bequest via the Art Fund, 1982
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: “b” or “P” (no match in Heawood).
Inscription: Verso: centre, graphite: “1”; lower centre, graphite, John Witt’s inventory number: “198a”. [the ‘a’ superscript].
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left edge, stamped in black ink: Sir John Witt (L.646a).
Inscription: Verso: centre, graphite: “1”; lower centre, graphite, John Witt’s inventory number: “198a”. [the ‘a’ superscript].
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left edge, stamped in black ink: Sir John Witt (L.646a).
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