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Adoration of the Shepherds

Maker

Attributed to
(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

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

Inscriptions

Watermark: none.

Collector's mark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink, unclear: "J B.f. [?]".

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