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Period: 17th century (5013)

Type: ink (2963)

Style: Spanish (151)

Subjects: King Arthur (legendary British leader of the late 5th and early 6th centuries) (1)

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King Arthur of England

17th century

Artists
Attributed to Torres, Matías de (c.1635-1711)

Formerly attributed to Valdes, Lucas de (1661-1724)

Pen and brown ink, black chalk on paper (black chalk over the ink line in some places)

height: 7.9 cm; width: 4.2 cm

Inscription
Inscription, in dark brown ink, upper left, recto, 18th century:
Valdez
Inscription, pen and ink, lower margin, recto:
Artur Rei de inga
latera

Acquisition
Witt, Robert Clermont, Sir; bequest; 1952
D.1952.RW.250.9

Copyright: © The Samuel Courtauld Trust, The Courtauld Gallery, London