Draped figure seated on clouds - Christ or an Evangelist (?)
Maker
1600-1699
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1605-1668
Title
Draped figure seated on clouds - Christ or an Evangelist (?)
Date of Production
17th century
Medium
black chalk on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 18.6 cm
Width: 16.5 cm
Width: 16.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1116
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
Spencer (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
M. Galen, Johann Boeckhorst. Gemälde und Zeichnungen, Hamburg, 2012
pp. 312-13, no. Z48
illus.
A.M. Logan, ‘Jan Boeckhorst als Zeichner, in Jan Boeckhorst. 1604-1668, mederwerker van Rubens, exh. cat., Münster, Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Antwerp, Rubenshuis, 1990-91, pp. 118-32
p. 132
J. Held, ’Nachträge zum Werk des Johann Bockhorst (alias Jan Boeckhorst), Westfalen, LXIII, 1985
p. 31 ...More
H. Lahrkamp, ‘Johann Bockhorst 1604-1668’, Westfalen. Hefte für Geschichte, Kunst und Volkskunde, 60, 1, 1982
p. 63, no. 29
illus.
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 123 ...Less
pp. 312-13, no. Z48
illus.
A.M. Logan, ‘Jan Boeckhorst als Zeichner, in Jan Boeckhorst. 1604-1668, mederwerker van Rubens, exh. cat., Münster, Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Antwerp, Rubenshuis, 1990-91, pp. 118-32
p. 132
J. Held, ’Nachträge zum Werk des Johann Bockhorst (alias Jan Boeckhorst), Westfalen, LXIII, 1985
p. 31 ...More
H. Lahrkamp, ‘Johann Bockhorst 1604-1668’, Westfalen. Hefte für Geschichte, Kunst und Volkskunde, 60, 1, 1982
p. 63, no. 29
illus.
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 123 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: none.
Laid line frequency: 8-9 per cm, variable.
Chain line widths: 29-31 mm apart, variable.
Inscription: Verso: left of centre, graphite, circled: “13”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: left of centre, graphite, circled: “13”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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