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Saint Mary Magdalene (recto)

Maker

Circle of
(artist)
1601-1667

Title

Saint Mary Magdalene (recto)

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

pen and brown ink, brown wash cut out along the outlines of the figure and laid down (recto), pen and brown ink (?) (verso, hidden under backing sheet)

Dimensions

Height: 9.5 cm
Width: 6.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.133

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





Related Works

Saint Mary Magdalene (recto)

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 371 (with D.1952.RW.134, 135 and 136, all 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

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. 64
Illus. p. 196

Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1978 (March - May)
cat. no. 27
as 'Circle of' Cano ...More

Wethey, Harold E., 'Alonso Cano's drawings' in 'The Art Bulletin', 1952 - pp. 217-38; XXXIV, 3
p. 233
under 'Copies and wrong attributions' ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: none.

Inscription: none.

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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