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Design for a stained-glass window - stories of Saint Genevieve

Maker

(artist)
1500-1599

Title

Design for a stained-glass window - stories of Saint Genevieve

Date of Production

1530 - 1540

Medium

grey ink and grey wash on laid paper, cut into a pointed arch, with brown ink framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 21.8 cm
Width: 26.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1510

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

H.E. Morritt; his sale, Sotheby's (London), 22 March 1923, lot 25; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952) (£5); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Paris de Clovis à Dagobert, Hôtel de Ville de Paris, 16/10/1996-05/01/1997

Exhibition of Belgian and Flemish Art 1300-1900, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1927

Literature

Paris de Clovis à Dagobert, Hôtel de Ville de Paris, 1996-97
cat. no. 149
p. 149

Exhibition of Belgian and Flemish Art 1300-1900, Royal Academy of Arts, London 1927, 1927

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, upper right: bunch of grapes (matches Briquet 13065 – Lyon 1485-1530, variants Ambérieu, 1520 and Autun 1520).

Inscription: Recto: lower right of centre edge, brown ink: “martin”. Verso: lower centre brown ink: “martin Hoc”.

Collector's mark: none.

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