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Christ carrying the Cross (recto)

Maker

(artist)
1601-1667

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1618-1682

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1591-1652

Title

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

pen and brown ink, with brown ink framing lines (recto), pen and brown ink (verso), on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 11.1 cm
Width: 9.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.152

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

calvaries_CIA

Label Text

The dynamic Christ Carrying the Cross, formerly attributed (incorrectly) to Murillo, is a study related to a sculpture by Alonso Cano of Young Jesus of Nazareth commissioned by a religious brotherhood in Madrid. The drawing exhibits Cano’s typically confident and expressive pen-and-ink style.

Provenance

Sir William Stirling Maxwell, London (1818-1878); by descent to his son, Sir John Stirling Maxwell, Glasgow (1866-1956); his sale, Sotheby's (London), 15 - 16 February 1921, lot 249; presumably purchased there by E. Parsons & Sons (London); their sale, cat. 38, 1921 (though does not match any of the Murillo lots as described - Ribera lots TK); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt (1875-1952) (15 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

The Spanish Line - From Ribera to Picasso, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 13/10/2011-15/01/2012

The golden age of Spanish art: from El Greco to Murillo and Valdes Leal: paintings and drawings from British Collections, Nottingham University Art Gallery, 11/02/1980-29/03/1980

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

Murillo and his drawings, The Art Museum, Princeton University, 12/12/1976-30/01/1977 ...Less

Literature

Brown, Jonathan, Murillo: virtuoso draftsman, New Haven and London 2012
no. 77
Illus. p. 198
as Murillo

Véliz, Zahira, Alonso Cano (1601-1667). Dibujos. Catálogo Razonado, Fundación Botín, Santander 2011
no. 35
Illus. p. 256
as Cano

Véliz, Zahira, Spanish Drawings in the Courtauld Gallery: complete catalogue, London, 2011
no. 62
Illus. p. 193 (recto and verso)
as Cano ...More

Madero López, José Carlos, 'Cuatro "nuevos" cuadros de Alonso Cano' in 'Alonso Cano y su época. Symposium Internacional', Junta de Andalucía, Consejerí de Cultura, Granada 2002 - pp. 665-68
as Cano

The golden age of Spanish art: from El Greco to Murillo and Valdes Leal: paintings and drawings from British Collections, Nottingham University Art Gallery, 1980
cat. no. 56

Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1978 (March - May)
cat. no. 34

Murillo and his drawings, The Art Museum, Princeton University, 1976-1977
cat. no. 81
no. 81
Illus. p. 168
as Murillo

Angulo Iñiguez, Diego, 'Algunos dibujos de Murillo' in 'Archivo Español de Arte', 1974; XLVII, 186
p. 106 ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower right edge, brown ink, cut off: “[…]o”; lower right corner, brown ink, former attribution: “Murillo”.

Collector's mark: none.

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