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Christ carrying the Cross

Maker

Attributed to
Juan Cano de Arévalo (artist)
1656-1696

Title

Christ carrying the Cross

Date of Production

1684

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines and outer grey ink framing lines, now laid down on Japanese tissue

Dimensions

Height: 36.3 cm
Width: 20.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1485

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), before July 1939 [see note on Witt card] (£1.8); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Véliz, Zahira, Spanish Drawings in the Courtauld Gallery: complete catalogue, London, 2011
no. 27
Illus. p. 113

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, upper centre: an oval stacked above two circles, crowned with wings, containing a Latin cross; the centre circle contains “CB” (closest match in Heawood is 749, though it lacks the third circle - no place or date given).

Collector's mark: none.

Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, lower centre edge, brown ink, underlined, date: “1684”; lower right corner (outside pictorial area), brown ink: “Cano fatt.”.

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