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Lamentation over the body of Christ

Maker

After
(artist)
1616-1671

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1510-1563

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1494-1540

Title

Lamentation over the body of Christ

Medium

red chalk with stumping – a counterproof - on laid paper with brown ink framing lines, laid down

Dimensions

Height: 18.5 cm
Width: 29.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1148

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

Sotheby's (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d. (5 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Kusenberg, Kurt, Le Rosso, Paris 1931
p. 154, no. 24 (or 29?)

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: circle containing three round lobes on a stalk, connected to a large round object – an animal lying down?

Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, dark brown ink: “Rosso Fio.o”. Verso: only visible via transmitted light, lower left corner, ink: “ca / 170 //”.

Collector's mark: none.

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