Christ carrying the Cross
Maker
Attributed to
Juan Cano de Arévalo (artist)
1656-1696
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
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
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.”.
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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