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The Surrender of Tunis (?)

Maker

Attributed to
(artist)
1601-1667

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1616-1668

Title

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

pen and brown ink on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 19.8 cm
Width: 15.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.131

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

Label Text

The Capitulation of Tunis has recently been attributed to Alonso Cano. The scene shows a kneeling citizen of Tunis handing bread and salt to a ruler with a sceptre, probably Emperor Charles V, whose military victory in 1535 was understood in Habsburg Spain as a golden moment of imperial power.

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.130 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

The Spanish Line - From Ribera to Picasso, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 13/10/2011-15/01/2012

Literature

Mulcahy, Rosemary, 'Review: Spanish drawings in the Courtauld Gallery. Complete catalogue. By Zahira Véliz' in 'The Burlington Magazine', September 2011 - pp. 646-47; CLIV
p. 646

Véliz, Zahira, Spanish Drawings in the Courtauld Gallery: complete catalogue, London, 2011
no. 66
Illus. p. 199

Inscriptions

Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower left, brown ink, erased/abraded and now illegible (even under UV light); lower right corner, brown ink: “93”. Verso (hidden under backing sheet, visible via transmitted light): right half of sheet, sums in brown ink: “56 libros / 6 / 21 / 12 / 4 / 6 / 5 //” and “6 / 21 / 12 / 14 / 12/ [...]”.

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

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