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Saint in ecstasy (recto)

Maker

Attributed to
(artist)
1629-1657

Title

Saint in ecstasy (recto)

Medium

chalk (black and red), wash (red), bodycolour (white) (recto), chalk (black) (verso), on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 27.7 cm
Width: 19.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1033

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

Alexandre-Pierre-François Robert-Dumesnil, Paris (1778-1864), L.2200; his sale, Phillips (London), 14 - 18 May 1838, lot 595; Henry Stephen Olivier, Potterne Manor, Wiltshire (1795-1864), L.1373 [not listed in his 6 July 1920 or 21 July 1948 sale catalogues, though could have been in a large lot of 'Old master drawings' in 1948]; A. Berthel, Surrey; purchased from him by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d. (£1.15); Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Collector's mark: collector's mark of Henry Stephen Olivier (L.1373)

Inscription: Biscaino

Inscription: 56

Inscription: BISCAINO

Inscription: Biscaino (Barthelemy or Dominique/ Genoa, 1632-1657- HD[this circled] £3.10

Collector's mark: collector's mark of Alexandre-Pierre-François Robert-Dumesnil (L.2200)

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