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Saint Ildefonso receiving the chasuble from the Virgin Mary

Maker

(artist)
1623-1677

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1678-1758

Title

Saint Ildefonso receiving the chasuble from the Virgin Mary

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

charcoal on laid paper, with grey ink framing lines, now laid down on Japanese tissue (examined under microscope)

Dimensions

Height: 29.2 cm
Width: 20.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1482

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

E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d. (£3.55); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1978 (March - May)

A selection of Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1956

Literature

Véliz, Zahira, Spanish Drawings in the Courtauld Gallery: complete catalogue, London, 2011
no. 59
p. 187

Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1978 (March - May)
cat. no. 22

Muller, Priscilla, The drawings of Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra. PhD Thesis, New York University., Ann Arbor, Michigan 1963
dismisses as by Castillo ...More

A selection of Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1956
cat. no. 7

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

García de la Torre, Fuensanta, ‘Antonio García Reinoso: reflexiones sobre un dibujante Andaluz del siglo XVII / Antonio García Reinoso: reflections on a 17th-century Andalusian draftsman’ in 'Laboratorio de Arte' - pp. 183-206; 32
p. 193
remarks that it is of uncertain date ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Insc: Recto: lower centre edge, brown ink: “Tovar”.

Collector's mark: none.

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