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Death and Vision of Saint Peter Nolasco (?)

Maker

(artist)
1564-1644

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1600-1699

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1598-1664

Title

Death and Vision of Saint Peter Nolasco (?)

Date of Production

(circa) 1600

Medium

traces of black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, cut into an arch, with a brown ink framing line at upper edge, laid down, with heavy losses at left and right edges

Dimensions

Height: 26.4 cm
Width: 37.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1483

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

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Provenance

E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (on former overlay, now removed) n.d. (£4.45, as by Zurbarán); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Véliz, Zahira, Spanish Drawings in the Courtauld Gallery: complete catalogue, London, 2011
no. 37
Illus. on p. 139

Angulo Iñiguez, Diego and Alfonso E. Perez, A Corpus of Spanish Drawings, New York 1975-1988; 4 vols.
vol. III, p. 55, no. 213
pl. LXIV

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: a letter with double lines? Unable to see more clearly due to backing sheet.

Inscription: Recto: lower left, brown ink: “Zurbaran”; lower right, brown ink, abraded and illegible: “[...]P[...]”.

Collector's mark: Former overlay, now removed and kept separately in the store, Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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