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Virgin and Child (recto)

Maker

Carlo Urbino (artist)
1510-1585

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1555-1619

Title

Virgin and Child (recto)

Date of Production

1525 - 1585

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 21 cm
Width: 14.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1934.XX.9

Mode of Acquisition

Ursula Cust, gift, 1934

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords





Provenance

Jan Pietersz. Zoomer, Amsterdam (1641-1742); probably Lionel Cust; probably given by him to his cousin, Leopold Cust; by descent to his daughter, Ursula Cust, Holmwood, Surrey; given by her to The Courtauld, November 1932

Inscriptions

Watermark: none.

Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Jan Pietersz. Zoomer (L.1511).

Inscription: Recto: lower centre edge, light brown ink: “Lodovico Carracci.”; lower left corner, light brown ink, Zomer's hand: “KEER. OM.” ["turn over"; same inscription on a drawing in the National Gallery of Canada (no. 287), attributed to Carlo Urbino, and other sheets that came from Zomer's collectiont have drawings on both sides, see Michiel Plomp, 'Jan Pietersz. Zomer's inscriptions on drawings', Delineavit et Sculpsit, 17, March 1997, p. 14]. Verso: upper right corner, brown ink: “Rx 4 150” [similar inscriptions appear on other drawings belonging to Zomer, see Plomp 1997, p. 27, note 56, where it is described by Keyes 1975 as 'an anonymous collector's paraphe' when it appears on drawings by Vroom, or by David Scrase in a personal letter suggesting it could be a price in Florins].

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