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Christ Child appearing to a female saint (recto)

Maker

Formerly attributed to
(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

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.

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 (?)'

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