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Mounted soldier seen from behind

Maker

Circle of
(artist)
1590-1660

Formerly attributed to
Juan del Castillo (artist)
1590-1657

Title

Date of Production

1600-1699

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, grey wash, on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 26.8 cm
Width: 18.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.128

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 377 (as by Juan del Castillo, with D.1952.RW.129 by Antonio del Castillo); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt (1875-1952) (£1.6); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Véliz, Zahira, Spanish Drawings in the Courtauld Gallery: complete catalogue, London, 2011
no. 81
Illus. p. 233

Muller, Priscilla, The drawings of Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra. PhD Thesis, New York University., Ann Arbor, Michigan 1963
no. 194
Illus. no. 137
as Anonymous

Inscriptions

Watermark: none.

Inscription: Verso: upper right edge, light brown ink: “8 q9 [?]”; lower centre, brown ink, crossed out: “10”.

Collector's mark: none.

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