The Mass of Saint Gregory
Maker
(artist)
1596-1675
1596-1675
Title
The Mass of Saint Gregory
Date of Production
1600 - 1699
Medium
pen and brown ink, brown wash, white bodycolour on brown-prepared paper, on a historic mount
Dimensions
Height: 29.9 cm
Width: 21 cm
Width: 21 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1571
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
Charles Rogers, London (1711-1784), L.624; John Rushout, Earl of Northwick (1770-1859); his estate sale, Sotheby's (London), 1-4 November 1920, lot 144 (as 'The Miracle of the Mass'); Achille Chariatte (early 20th century); his estate sale, Sotheby's (London), 30 April - 1 May 1923, lot 54; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£2); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Trésor de l’art flamand du moyen âge au XVIIIme Siècle [Afdeeling van de Oud-Vlaamische Kunst], Antwerp, 1930
Exhibition of Belgian and Flemish Art 1300-1900, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1927
Exhibition of Belgian and Flemish Art 1300-1900, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1927
Literature
Steadman, David W., Abraham van Diepenbeeck: seventeenth-century Flemish painter, Ann Arbor, Michigan 1992
p. 63
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 125
Mémorial de l’exposition d’art flamand ancien à Anvers, Antwerp, 1930 Paris 1932
cat. no. 390 ...More
Exhibition of Belgian and Flemish Art 1300-1900, Royal Academy of Arts, London 1927, 1927
cat. no. 648
p. 184, no. 648
Sotheyb's/ Catalogue of Old Master Drawings and Modern Etchings from the Collection of the Late Monsieur A. Chariatte (1923)
no. 54 ...Less
p. 63
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 125
Mémorial de l’exposition d’art flamand ancien à Anvers, Antwerp, 1930 Paris 1932
cat. no. 390 ...More
Exhibition of Belgian and Flemish Art 1300-1900, Royal Academy of Arts, London 1927, 1927
cat. no. 648
p. 184, no. 648
Sotheyb's/ Catalogue of Old Master Drawings and Modern Etchings from the Collection of the Late Monsieur A. Chariatte (1923)
no. 54 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to mount.
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left, in place of missing corner, pen and brown ink: Charles Rogers (L.624); lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Mount (historic), Verso: lower right, graphite, modern: “le [?] / Diepenbeck RW 1571 //”.
Label: Right edge: 53, in red pencil; AC, collectors stamp (for A.Chariatte, Lugt 88a). Artist's name, accession number, location.
Label: Upper right: Abraham van Diepenbeck (letterpress)/1596-1675/Flemish; Exhibited. Flemish Exhibition RA 1927. No 648/Antwerp. 1930. No 390; Colls. C. Rogers/Northwick/Chariatte; 1571
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left, in place of missing corner, pen and brown ink: Charles Rogers (L.624); lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Mount (historic), Verso: lower right, graphite, modern: “le [?] / Diepenbeck RW 1571 //”.
Label: Right edge: 53, in red pencil; AC, collectors stamp (for A.Chariatte, Lugt 88a). Artist's name, accession number, location.
Label: Upper right: Abraham van Diepenbeck (letterpress)/1596-1675/Flemish; Exhibited. Flemish Exhibition RA 1927. No 648/Antwerp. 1930. No 390; Colls. C. Rogers/Northwick/Chariatte; 1571
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