Virgin in Glory appearing to Saints Peter, Paul, Francis and a Franciscan saint holding a Crucifix
Maker
Giovanni Giacomo Pandolfi (artist)
1570-1635
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1529-1566
1570-1635
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1529-1566
Title
Virgin in Glory appearing to Saints Peter, Paul, Francis and a Franciscan saint holding a Crucifix
Date of Production
1545 - 1566
Medium
black and red chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, laid down on a historic mount
Dimensions
Height: 38.9 cm
Width: 26.3 cm
Width: 26.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1147
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
James John Heywood, Manchester and London (1827-1887); Sotheby's (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d. (15 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to mount.
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left, graphite: “Assumption of Virgin before St Francis, St Thomas Aquinas +c”; lower right, graphite: “T. Zucchero / From Colln of Rev. J.J. Heywood //”; right lower edge, graphite: “34”; lower centre edge, brown ink: “ZUCCHERO”; lower left corner, graphite, Witt number: “1147”. Mount (historic), Verso: centre, graphite; “T. Zucarro / The Virgin + the Evangelists / fine //”; lower right, graphite: “18 ¾ x 13 5/8”; lower left, graphite, faded and partly illegible: “The Virgin […] / appearing in front of the Evangelists [written over the word ‘Apostles’] T. Zucarro //”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left, graphite: “Assumption of Virgin before St Francis, St Thomas Aquinas +c”; lower right, graphite: “T. Zucchero / From Colln of Rev. J.J. Heywood //”; right lower edge, graphite: “34”; lower centre edge, brown ink: “ZUCCHERO”; lower left corner, graphite, Witt number: “1147”. Mount (historic), Verso: centre, graphite; “T. Zucarro / The Virgin + the Evangelists / fine //”; lower right, graphite: “18 ¾ x 13 5/8”; lower left, graphite, faded and partly illegible: “The Virgin […] / appearing in front of the Evangelists [written over the word ‘Apostles’] T. Zucarro //”.
Collector's mark: none.
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