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Saint Jerome in the wilderness

Maker

(artist)
1600-1699

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1538-1608

Title

Saint Jerome in the wilderness

Date of Production

1600 - 1635

Medium

traces of black chalk, pen and brown ink on laid paper, now heavily stained and with large losses at upper right and lower left edges, laid down

Dimensions

Height: 19.5 cm
Width: 13.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.120

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 379 (with D.1952.RW.121, 122 and 125); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt (1875-1952) (12 shillings for all 4); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Véliz, Zahira, Spanish Drawings in the Courtauld Gallery: complete catalogue, London, 2011
no. 33
Illus. p. 129

Inscriptions

Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower left, on backing sheet revealed by large area of loss in the drawing, brown ink: “Cespedes”.

Collector's mark: none.

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