Acidia vestita di nero - Sloth seated on a donkey
Maker
(printmaker)
1743-1795
After
(artist)
1575-1642
1743-1795
After
(artist)
1575-1642
Title
Acidia vestita di nero - Sloth seated on a donkey
Date of Production
1793
Medium
printed in black
etching and aquatint
etching and aquatint
Dimensions
Height: 19.4 cm
Width: 14.5 cm
Width: 14.5 cm
Accession Number
G.1952.RW.4464
Mode of Acquisition
Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Charles Paul Jean-Baptiste Bourgevin Vialart de Saint-Morys, Paris then London (1743-1795), L.474 (lower right); by descent to his son, Charles Étienne de Bourgevin Vialart (1772–1817); his sale, H. Phillips, 10-14 June 1797, 1st day, lot 63 (as inscribed on verso); purchased there by Phillips [see transcript of sale in Brooks and Lee supplement, 2021]; F.A. Drey (London); given by him to Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Brooks, Julian and Casey Lee, "The Identification of the 'Pseudo-Crozat' Mark (Lugt 474): Saint-Morys and Carrière' in 'Master Drawings', Autumn 2021 - pp. 391-409; LIX, 3
pp. 403-04
fig. 18 on p. 403
pp. 403-04
fig. 18 on p. 403
Inscriptions
Inscription: Acidia vestita di nero //
Inscription: Guido Reni / S M london iixv ie 1793 //
Inscription: Guido Reni / S M london iixv ie 1793 //
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