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Putto on a cloud (recto)

Maker

Attributed to
(artist)
1654-1690

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1601-1667

Title

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash (recto), red chalk, pen and brown ink (verso), on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 17.3 cm
Width: 12 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.141

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

Label Text

This lively exploratory sketch of a cherub seen from below is drawn with some virtuosity. It had been trimmed from a larger sheet before a collector added Cano’s name at the lower right, an attribution that cannot be sustained, as the line in this drawing is more sinuous and playful than is typical for Cano.

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 and 141, all mounted together as by Cano); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt (1875-1952), L.2228b (15 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

The Spanish Line - From Ribera to Picasso, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 13/10/2011-15/01/2012

Literature

Véliz, Zahira, Spanish Drawings in the Courtauld Gallery: complete catalogue, London, 2011
no. 22
Illus. p. 103

Wethey, Harold E., 'Alonso Cano's drawings' in 'The Art Bulletin', 1952 - pp. 217-38; XXXIV, 3
p. 233
under 'Copies and Wrong Attributions' to Cano, he gave it to Madrid School, 17th century

Inscriptions

Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, 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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