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Assumption and Coronation of the Virgin

Maker

(artist)
1632-1690

Title

Assumption and Coronation of the Virgin

Date of Production

(circa?) 1682

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, laid down on a support

Dimensions

Height: 20.5 cm
Width: 26.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1480

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 dynamically conceived coronation of the Virgin by God the Father, the victorious Christ, and the Holy Spirit shows the foreshortened figures from below, suggesting the study was preparatory for a vault or ceiling painting. The energetic use of the pen for emphatically linear, expressive works is characteristic of autograph drawings by José Ximénez Donoso, active at the court of Madrid after studying in Rome.

Provenance

E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, before 1926 [when published in Mayer article] (£3.55); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

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

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. 29
p. 117

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. 68

Harris, Enriqueta, 'Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute Galleries' in 'Burlington Magazine', 1978 - pp. 337-38; CXX, 902
pp. 337-38 ...More

Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1978 (March - May)
cat. no. 49

A selection of Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1956
cat. no. 17

Mayer, August L., 'Los dibujos espanoles de la coleccion Witt en Londres' in 'Arte Espanol', 1926-27 - pp. 2-4; VIII, 1
p. 3
pl. III
as signed ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: upper right corner, brown ink: “61”; lower left, brown ink: “Josef donoso”; lower left corner, darker brown over light brown ink: “15 Rs”. Support (historic), Verso: lower right, graphite: “Mora”.

Collector's mark: Support (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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