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
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
Keywords
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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