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Assumption of the Virgin

Maker

Attributed to
(artist)
1634-1689

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1596-1669

Title

Medium

black chalk on laid paper, now discoloured brown due to removal of brown paint

Dimensions

Height: 42.9 cm
Width: 29.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1175

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

Jonathan Richardson, the elder, London (1665-1745), L.2184; possibly his sale, Christopher Cock (London), 22 January - 8 February 1747, 18th night, lot 61; Pierre-Jean Mariette, Paris (1694-1774), L.1852; possibly his sale, Basan (Paris), 10 January 1776, part of lot 1399 (as Cortona); if so, purchased there either by Charles Philippe Campion de Tersan (1736-1819) or Louis François Petit-Radel (1740-1818); Walter T. Spencer, London (1863-1936); purchased from him by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 01/09/1960-01/10/1960

Literature

Rosenberg, Paul, Les dessins de la Collection Mariette: écoles italienne et espagnole. 4 vols, Paris 2019
vol. II, no. I 1472 on p. 865
ill. on p. 865

Merz, Jörg, Pietro da Cortona und sein Kreis. Die Zeichnungen in Dusseldorf, Munich and Berlin 2005
p. 257 under no. 80

Davis, Bruce, The drawings of Ciro Ferri, New York and London 1986
p. 224
pl. 71 ...More

Briganti, Giuliano, Pietro da Cortona; o, della pittura barocca, Florence, 1962
p. 307
attributed to Pietro da Cortona

Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 1960
cat. no. 41 ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: centre: man kneeling in a shield before a cross (similar to Heawood 1352 - Rome, 1638).

Inscription: none.

Collector's mark: Recto: lower centre, stamped in black ink: Jonathan Richardson, the elder (L.2184); lower right, no longer visible due to removal of brown paint: Pierre-Jean Mariette (L.1852). Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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