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Christ preaching

Maker

Jakob Roos (artist)
1682-1707

Title

Christ preaching

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, grey wash on laid paper, on a historic support on a historic mount

Dimensions

Height: 30.7 cm
Width: 20.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1127

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

unidentified collector (not in Lugt); Spencer (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: support (historic), verso, only visible in raking light: crowned shield (unable to see what it contains).

Inscription: Recto: lower right, brown ink: “Jacobus de Roose invenit e[?] f”. Support (historic), Recto: upper left edge, graphite: “963-1”. Support (historic), Verso: left centre, graphite, Witt number: “1127”; lower centre, graphite: “centurio Christi auxilium exorat.”. Mount (historic), Recto: upper right corner, graphite: “71”; lower left, graphite, Witt number: “1127”; lower right, graphite: “Jacob Roos, Roos da Napoli 1680-”. Witt mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: “Jakob Roos (Rosa da Napoli) / German 1680- / Signed. //”.

Collector's mark: Recto: upper left corner, stamped in black: unidentified collector’s mark (an empty rectangle with a border). Support (historic), Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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