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Finding of Moses

Maker

Circle of
Hans Speckaert (artist)
c. 1540-1575/77

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1568-1640

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1618-1682

Title

Finding of Moses

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash and white bodycolour on laid paper, with traces of brown ink framing lines mostly trimmed away, laid down on Japanese tissue

Dimensions

Height: 21.6 cm
Width: 29.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.148

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 (1818-1878); by descent to his son, Sir John Stirling Maxwell, Glasgow (1866-1956); his sale, E. Parsons & Sons (London), 1921, probably cat. 38 but does not match any of the Murillo lots as described and Witt did not specify which Parsons sale, as he did for his other purchases from this sale; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt (1875-1952) (£2.4); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Bolzoni, Marco Simone, Il Cavalier Giuseppe Cesari d'Arpino, Rome, Ugo Bozzi Editore 2013
p. 430
Attribution Revoked

Röttgen, Herwarth, '[Review]. Brussels. Fiamminghi a Roma', The Burlington Magazine,, 137, 1108, Jul. 1995, pp. 472-74
pp. 473-74
fig. 65 on p. 472
attributes it fully to Hans Speckaert

Inscriptions

Watermark: lower centre: shield containing a 5-pointed star, above a large capital "M" (matches Briquet 8392 - Ferrara 1580).

Collector's mark: none.

Inscription: none.

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