Christ Child appearing to a female saint (recto)
Maker
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1616-1655
(artist)
1616-1655
Title
Christ Child appearing to a female saint (recto)
Date of Production
1600 - 1699
Medium
black chalk, pen and brown ink, incised for transfer, with brown ink framing lines (recto), oil paint (verso), on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 38 cm
Width: 19.8 cm
Width: 19.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.113
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
F.R. Meatyard (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d. (15 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
French 17th Century Drawings, Bristol City Art Gallery, Bristol, 1956
Literature
Mérot, Alain, Eustache Le Sueur, 1616-1655, Paris 1987
p. 429
as 'Italien (Napolitain?), XVIIIe siècle.', catalogued under Œuvres rejetées.
p. 429
as 'Italien (Napolitain?), XVIIIe siècle.', catalogued under Œuvres rejetées.
Inscriptions
Watermark: unable to check due to paint on verso.
Inscription: Recto: upper left corner, brown ink, faded, old attribution: “Pietro Testa”.
Collector's mark: on old backing paper, now removed and kept in file: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Label: Old backing paper, lower right: 'Eustache Le Sueur / The Picture in Matthew Charttres (?)'
Inscription: Recto: upper left corner, brown ink, faded, old attribution: “Pietro Testa”.
Collector's mark: on old backing paper, now removed and kept in file: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Label: Old backing paper, lower right: 'Eustache Le Sueur / The Picture in Matthew Charttres (?)'
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