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La Folie de Hugues van der Goes

Maker

After
Emile Charles Wauters (artist)
1846-1933

(etcher)
1849-1930

Title

La Folie de Hugues van der Goes

Date of Production

(c.) 1875

Medium

etching and drypoint
printed in black

Dimensions

Height: 16.7 cm
Width: 24.7 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.8394

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.

Literature

Beraldi, Henri, Les graveurs du xix siècle: guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes, Paris 1885-1892; 12
14

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: below the image, lower left edge, black ink: “E. Wauters pinx. //”; lower right edge, black ink: “L. Monziès sculp. //”. Mount: lower left corner, handwritten, black ink: “LA FOLIE DE HUGUES VAN DER GOES. //”; lower centre, handwritten, black ink: “E. WAUTERS. //”.

Stamp: ILLUSTRATION : EX. CORNISH COLL. / ACQUIRED BY HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC / LIBRARY, 1928; PRESENTED TO WITT / LIBRARY, 1966 //

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