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Our Lady of the Fair Wind

Maker

Domingo Martinez (artist)
1688-1749

Title

Our Lady of the Fair Wind

Date of Production

1700 - 1799

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, grey wash on laid paper, framed in black chalk

Dimensions

Height: 28.2 cm
Width: 19.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1639

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

E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£3.25); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

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

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

Literature

Véliz, Zahira, Spanish Drawings in the Courtauld Gallery: complete catalogue, London, 2011
no. 97
Illus. on p. 267

Nyerges, Eva, 'La serpiente de metal? Un boceto atribuído a Juan Antonio de Frías y Escalante' in 'In sapientia libertas: escritos en homenaje a Alfonso Peréz Sánchez', Madrid and Seville 2007

Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1978 (March - May)
cat. no. 51

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, left centre edge, fragment: top of a crowned shield (from limited fragment, resembles in type Churchill 412 - dated 17th century).

Inscription: Recto: lower right, brown ink, signed by the artist: “Dominicus Martinez del. et fecit. Hispal.s~”. Verso: lower right, graphite: “16”.

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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