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Portrait of an ecclesiastic - Camillo Bonziani (?)

Maker

(artist)
1540-1609

Title

Portrait of an ecclesiastic - Camillo Bonziani (?)

Date of Production

1555 - 1609

Medium

black and red chalk with stumping on laid paper, laid down

Dimensions

Height: 26.1 cm
Width: 19.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1162

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

Henry Gay Hewlett, Kent (1832-1897); his estate sale, Sotheby's (London), 28 - 29 November 1922, lot 22; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£6.25); Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Verso (backing sheet), centre: crowned shield containing fleur-de-lis.

Inscription: Recto: left upper edge, brown ink: “Camillo Bonzioani”. Verso (backing sheet): upper right corner, graphite: “N. 74”; lower centre, graphite, Witt number: “1162”.

Collector's mark: Verso (backing sheet): lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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