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Stage design - Hell with dragons and a figure of Lucifer

Maker

(artist)
1640-1711

Title

Stage design - Hell with dragons and a figure of Lucifer

Date of Production

1600 - 1799

Medium

graphite, pen and grey ink, watercolour on laid paper, with grey ink and graphite framing lines, laid down

Dimensions

Height: 15 cm
Width: 25.1 cm

Accession Number

D.1984.AB.122

Mode of Acquisition

Anthony Blunt, Art Fund bequest & grant aid, 1984

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

Christie's (London); purchased there by Professor Anthony Blunt, London (1907-1983), n.d.; Blunt Bequest via the Art Fund 1984

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, lower right corner: unable to see through the backing sheet.

Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, grey ink, false signature and date (intended to be William Blake): "WB 1771".

Collector's mark: none.

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