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Christ displaying the Vernicle (recto)

Maker

(artist)
1554-1627

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1527-1585

Formerly attributed to
Giovanni Battista Castello, Il Genovese (artist)
1547-1637

Title

Christ displaying the Vernicle (recto)

Date of Production

(circa) 1590 - 1599

Medium

pen and brown ink, brown wash (recto), pen and brown ink (verso), on laid paper, laid down on Japanese tissue; several horizontal folds from having been folded

Dimensions

Height: 24.6 cm
Width: 21.1 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1020

Mode of Acquisition

Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords










Provenance

Sir Joshua Reynolds, London (1723-1792), L.2364; his estate sale, H. Phillips (London), 5 - 22 March 1798, lot 1078, L.3016a; Arthur Melville Champernowne, Totnes (1871-1946), L.153; F.R. Meatyard (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (15 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Inscription: Giovanni Battista Castello

Collector's mark: Sir Joshua Reynolds (L.2364)

Collector's mark: Arthur Melville Champernowne (L.153)

Inscription: 703.

Collector's mark: Lot 1078 in Joshua Reynolds' 1798 estate sale (L.3016a)

Collector's mark: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)

Inscription: LG

Watermark: Recto: left of centre: circle containing crown with long points.

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