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Allegory of Faith

Maker

Follower of
(artist)
1616-1668

Title

Allegory of Faith

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

pen and brown ink on laid paper, laid down

Dimensions

Height: 18.5 cm
Width: 8.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.136

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 371 (with D.1952.RW.133, 134 and 135); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt (1875-1952) (15 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Véliz, Zahira, Spanish Drawings in the Courtauld Gallery: complete catalogue, London, 2011
no. 55
Illus. p. 177

Valverde Madrid, J., 'Los dibujos de Antonio del Castillo' in 'Goya', 1967
pp. 20-23

Inscriptions

Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower left and right, flanking the figure, brown ink: “A,o” and “L,no” (the “o” and “no” superscript); lower left corner, brown ink: “Añode173. [or “del73”]”; lower right corner, brown ink: “3.”.

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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