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Franciscan monk holding a banner with the Crucifix

Maker

(artist)
1634-1679

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1616-1668

Title

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

black chalk, pen and dark brown ink, an area of the flag filled in later in light brown ink, on laid paper, laid down

Dimensions

Width: 10.7 cm
Height: 20.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.130

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 375 (with D.1952.RW.131 and D.1952.RW.132, all three mounted together); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt (1875-1952), L.2228b (15 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1978 (March - May)

Literature

Véliz, Zahira, Spanish Drawings in the Courtauld Gallery: complete catalogue, London, 2011
no. 76
Illus. p. 219

Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1978 (March - May)
cat. no. 20

Muller, Priscilla, The drawings of Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra. PhD Thesis, New York University., Ann Arbor, Michigan 1963
p. 136

Inscriptions

Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower left, brown ink: “Castillo”.

Collector's mark: Removed from a former mount and now mounted separately with the drawing: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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