Adoration of the shepherds
Maker
(artist)
1550-1628
1550-1628
Title
Adoration of the shepherds
Date of Production
1625
Medium
pen and ink (brown), wash (brown), bodycolour (white, now discoloured) on brown laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 19.3 cm
Width: 27.9 cm
Width: 27.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1206
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 Charles Greville (1763-1832), L.549; by descent to his nephew, George Guy, 4th Earl of Warwick (1818-1893), L.2600; probably his sale, Christie's (London), 21 May 1896, lot 251 (with D.1952.RW.1207, as 'The Nativity'); purchased there by Richards; E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£2.5); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970
Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 17/11/1962-22/12/1962
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 01/09/1960-01/10/1960
Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 17/11/1962-22/12/1962
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 01/09/1960-01/10/1960
Literature
Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970
cat. no. 19
Anthony Blunt and Philip Troutman, Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, 1962
cat. no. 84
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 1960
cat. no. 36 ...More
Tietze, Hans and Erica Tietze-Conrat, The drawings of the Venetian Painters in the 15th and 16th centuries, New York, 1944
no. 1021, p. 209 ...Less
cat. no. 19
Anthony Blunt and Philip Troutman, Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, 1962
cat. no. 84
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 1960
cat. no. 36 ...More
Tietze, Hans and Erica Tietze-Conrat, The drawings of the Venetian Painters in the 15th and 16th centuries, New York, 1944
no. 1021, p. 209 ...Less
Inscriptions
Inscription: 1625
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Earl of Warwick (L.2600)
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Charles Greville (L.549)
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Earl of Warwick (L.2600)
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Charles Greville (L.549)
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
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