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Cherub

Maker

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1581-1641

Title

Cherub

Medium

red chalk on laid paper, laid down on a historic mount (which it shares with D.1932.XX.16.2)

Dimensions

Height: 17.5 cm
Width: 12.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1932.XX.16.1

Mode of Acquisition

Katharine Talbot Wallas, gift, 5 November 1932

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords




Provenance

Modesto Ignazio Bonaventura Luigi Genevosio, Turin (1719-1795); Michael Bryan (1757-1821); by descent to his great-grandson, Graham Wallas (1858-1932); by descent to his sister, Katharine Talbot Wallas (1864-1944); presented to The Courtauld in remembrance of Graham Wallas by his sisters, 5 November 1932

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermarks: possibly one at Recto, lower left, but unable to see clearly due to mount. Mount (historic), Recto: left centre edge, unable to read last digit: “177[…]”.

Inscription: by / Dominichino //

Inscription: 21.32

Inscription: 26

Inscription: 2

Inscription: 18 1/2 x 12

Inscription: #4

Inscription: Domenichino died in 1648 at Naples aged 60

Collector's mark: collector's mark of Modesto Ignazio Bonaventura Luigi Genevosio (L.545)

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