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Allegory of Divine Love

Maker

(artist)
1616-1668

Title

Allegory of Divine Love

Date of Production

1664

Medium

pen and brown ink on laid paper, the upper corners rounded, laid down

Dimensions

Height: 18.1 cm
Width: 9.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.135

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



flaming hearts




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.133, 134 and 136); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt (1875-1952) (19 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Antonio de Castillo (1618-1668), Fundacion Marcelino Botin, Santander, Spain, 30/04/2008-15/06/2008

The golden age of Spanish art: from El Greco to Murillo and Valdes Leal: paintings and drawings from British Collections, Nottingham University Art Gallery, 11/02/1980-29/03/1980 ...More

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

A selection of Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1956 ...Less

Literature

Véliz, Zahira, Spanish Drawings in the Courtauld Gallery: complete catalogue, London, 2011
no. 54
Illus. p. 176

Navarrete Prieto, Benito and Fuensanta Torre de la Garcia, Antonio del Castillo, 1616-1668. Dibujos. Catálogo razonado, Santander 2008
no. 97 and pp. 102, 143, 378
Illus. p. 373, no. 76 on p. 102, no. 38 on p. 143 and no. 4 on p. 378 (a detail)

Nancarrow, Mindy and Benito Navarrete Prieto, Antonio del Castillo, Madrid 2004
p. 76, fig. 95 ...More

López Torrijos, Rosa, 'Grabados y dibujos para lo entrada en Madrid de María Luisa de Orleans (1680)' in 'Archivo Español de Arte', 1985 - pp. 239-50; no. 231
pp. 95, 277, 281, 419

The golden age of Spanish art: from El Greco to Murillo and Valdes Leal: paintings and drawings from British Collections, Nottingham University Art Gallery, 1980
cat. no. 34

Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1978 (March - May)
cat. no. 18

Valverde Madrid, J., 'Los dibujos de Antonio del Castillo' in 'Goya', 1967
p. 23

Muller, Priscilla, The drawings of Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra. PhD Thesis, New York University., Ann Arbor, Michigan 1963
pp. 56, 76-77, 145, 258, no. 116
Illus. no. 85

A selection of Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1956
cat. no. 8

Mayer, August L., 'Los dibujos espanoles de la coleccion Witt en Londres' in 'Arte Espanol', 1926-27 - pp. 2-4; VIII, 1
p. 3
Illus. pl. I ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower centre edge, brown ink, signed and dated by the artist: “A.C. Año 1664.”

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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