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Design for an upright decorative panel with three angels holding a garland

Maker

Attributed to
(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

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

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

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).

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