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Wilhelm Tell's wife receives a visitor, who appears to be a monk but is the nephew and assassin of the Emperor of Austria

Maker

Claudius (artist)

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Title

Wilhelm Tell's wife receives a visitor, who appears to be a monk but is the nephew and assassin of the Emperor of Austria

Dimensions

Height: 19.9 cm
Width: 13.7 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.8015

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

Provenance: H. J. Cornish Collection; acquired by Hampstead Public Library (by 1928); transferred to the Courtauld Institute of Art, Witt Library in 1966; transferred to the Courtauld Gallery from the Witt Library in 1990.

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: lower left corner within image, black ink: "Michael 2c."; lower right corner within image, black ink: "A Baur"; lower left corner within image, black ink removed: "H C L A U D I U S"; lower right corner within image, black ink: "AB". Mount, lower centre edge, black ink: "A. BAUR."; lower right corner, stamped in black: "ILLUSTRATION: EX. C..R..ISH COLL. // ACQUIRED BY HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC // LIBRARY, 1928; PRESENTED TO WITT // LIBRARY, 1983"; lower right corner, printed in black: "Witt // Library 1979".

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