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Allegorical group on a pedestal with a female figure, infant and dragon

Maker

(artist)
1619-1671

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1627-1685

Title

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, with graphite framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 15.5 cm
Width: 10.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.165

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

Label Text

Sebastián de Herrera Barnuevo was the most eminent of Alonso Cano’s followers. In this design of a graceful sculptural group, the influence of the older artist’s technique is evident in the free black-chalk underdrawing gone over with pen and ink and modelled with a rich chiaroscuro wash.

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, probably lot 391 (with D.1952.RW.166 and 167); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt (1875-1952), L.2228b (16 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)

Literature

Véliz, Zahira, Spanish Drawings in the Courtauld Gallery: complete catalogue, London, 2011
no. 23
Illus. p. 104

Zapata Fernández de la Hoz, Teresa, La entrada en la Corte de Maria Luisa de Orleans. Arte y Fiesta en el Madrid de Carlos II, Madrid 2000
pp. 159-60
Illus. no. 125

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. 52 ...More

Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1978 (March - May)
cat. no. 44

Wethey, Harold E., 'Sebastián de Herrera Barnuevo' in 'Anales de Instituto de Arte Americano e Investigaciones Estéticas', 1958 - pp. 13-41; XI
p. 21
Illus. no. 11 ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: lower centre, three stacked circles, the upper one crowned and containing a Latin cross, the lowest containing 2 (of a similar type to Heawood 251-264 [paper from paper from Amsterdam and the UK dating from the 2nd half of the 17th century] though the lowest circle resembles the “2” seen in Heawood 281 and 282 [both papers from Madrid dated 1723], no exact match found).

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

Inscription: none.

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