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Acidia vestita di nero - Sloth seated on a donkey

Maker

(printmaker)
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

Dimensions

Height: 19.4 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

Inscriptions

Inscription: Acidia vestita di nero //

Inscription: Guido Reni / S M london iixv ie 1793 //

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