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Saint Augustine hesitating between the blood of Christ and the milk of the Virgin Mary (recto)

Maker

Attributed to
(artist)
1601-1667

(artist)
1632-1698

Title

Saint Augustine hesitating between the blood of Christ and the milk of the Virgin Mary (recto)

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown and dark brown, carbon-based ink, brown wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 15.6 cm
Width: 20 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.117

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

Sir William Stirling Maxwell, London (1818-1878); by descent to his son, Sir John Stirling Maxwell, Glasgow (1866-1956); his sale, Sotheby's (London), 15 - 16 February 1921, lot 249; presumably purchased there by E. Parsons & Sons (London); their sale, cat. 38, 1921, lot 381 (with D.1952.RW.116); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt (1875-1952) (16 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Alonso Cano (1601-1667), Fundacion Marcelino Botin, Santander, Spain, 02/04/2009-17/05/2009

Literature

Dibujos Espanoles, Museo de Bellas Artes de Asturias, Oviedo, 2012
p. 189
PDF attached; as by de Guevara

Mulcahy, Rosemary, 'Review: Spanish drawings in the Courtauld Gallery. Complete catalogue. By Zahira Véliz' in 'The Burlington Magazine', September 2011 - pp. 646-47; CLIV
p. 646

Véliz, Zahira, Spanish Drawings in the Courtauld Gallery: complete catalogue, London, 2011
no. 67
Illus. p. 203 ...More

Véliz, Zahira, Alonso Cano (1601-1667). Dibujos. Catálogo Razonado, Fundación Botín, Santander 2011
no. 60
Illus. p. 319

Clavijo Garcia, Augustín, Juan Niño de Guevara, pintor malagueño del siglo 17, Malaga 1998
no. 77 ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: centre: square with rounded corners, small circle at one corner, possibly a lantern (similar to Heawood 2846 - Venice 1613).

Collector's mark: none.

Inscription: Verso: upper centre, brown ink: "Rs y [reales and] 2/1".

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