Design for an upright decorative panel with three angels holding a garland
Maker
Attributed to
(artist)
1619-1671
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1601-1667
(artist)
1619-1671
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1601-1667
Title
Design for an upright decorative panel with three angels holding a garland
Date of Production
1600 - 1699
Medium
pen and dark brown ink on laid paper, laid down
Dimensions
Height: 21.6 cm
Width: 7.4 cm
Width: 7.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.140
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 370 (with D.1952.RW.137, 138, 139, 141, all mounted together and as by Cano); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt (1875-1952), L.2228b (15 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Alonso Cano, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 02/04/2001-15/06/2001
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
Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1978 (March - May) ...More
A selection of Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1956 ...Less
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
Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1978 (March - May) ...More
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. 24
Illus. p. 105
Alonso Cano: dibujos, Museo del Prado, Madrid, 2001
cat. no. 74
p. 186, no. 74
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. 46 ...More
Wethey, Harold E., 'Los dibujos de Alonso Cano' in 'Estudios sobre literatura y arte dedicados al Profesor Emilio Orozco Díaz', Granada 1979
Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1978 (March - May)
cat. no. 23
A selection of Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1956
cat. no. 9
Wethey, Harold E., 'Alonso Cano's drawings' in 'The Art Bulletin', 1952 - pp. 217-38; XXXIV, 3
no. XLVIII
Illus. no. 19 ...Less
no. 24
Illus. p. 105
Alonso Cano: dibujos, Museo del Prado, Madrid, 2001
cat. no. 74
p. 186, no. 74
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. 46 ...More
Wethey, Harold E., 'Los dibujos de Alonso Cano' in 'Estudios sobre literatura y arte dedicados al Profesor Emilio Orozco Díaz', Granada 1979
Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1978 (March - May)
cat. no. 23
A selection of Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1956
cat. no. 9
Wethey, Harold E., 'Alonso Cano's drawings' in 'The Art Bulletin', 1952 - pp. 217-38; XXXIV, 3
no. XLVIII
Illus. no. 19 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower right, brown ink: “Cano”.
Collector's mark: Removed from a former mount and now mounted separately with the drawing: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower right, brown ink: “Cano”.
Collector's mark: Removed from a former mount and now mounted separately with the drawing: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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