Adoration of the Shepherds
Maker
Attributed to
(artist)
1503-1586
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1590-1656
(artist)
1503-1586
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1590-1656
Title
Adoration of the Shepherds
Date of Production
1500 - 1599
Medium
pen and brown ink, brown wash, traces of white bodycolour with brown ink framing lines on laid paper, laid down on Japanese tissue
Dimensions
Height: 17.8 cm
Width: 14.6 cm
Width: 14.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.146
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 366 (with D.1952.RW.147); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt (1875-1952) (£1.6); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1978 (March - May)
Literature
Véliz, Zahira, Spanish Drawings in the Courtauld Gallery: complete catalogue, London, 2011
no. 8
Illus. pp. 68-69
Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1978 (March - May)
cat. no. 40
Mayer, August L., 'Los dibujos espanoles de la coleccion Witt en Londres' in 'Arte Espanol', 1926-27 - pp. 2-4; VIII, 1
p. 2
as signed by Bausa
no. 8
Illus. pp. 68-69
Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1978 (March - May)
cat. no. 40
Mayer, August L., 'Los dibujos espanoles de la coleccion Witt en Londres' in 'Arte Espanol', 1926-27 - pp. 2-4; VIII, 1
p. 2
as signed by Bausa
Inscriptions
Watermark: none.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink, unclear: "J B.f. [?]".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink, unclear: "J B.f. [?]".
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