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Priest elevating the Host during Mass

Maker

(artist)
1600-1699

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1610-1674

Title

Priest elevating the Host during Mass

Date of Production

1600 - 1650

Medium

pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, framed in brown ink, laid down on a support

Dimensions

Height: 17.3 cm
Width: 11.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.170

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

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, lot 390 (with D.1952.RW.171 and 172); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt (1875-1952) (15 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Véliz, Zahira, Spanish Drawings in the Courtauld Gallery: complete catalogue, London, 2011
no. 87
Illus. p. 248

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermarks: none in the drawing. Support (historic), Recto: right centre edge, fragment: top of a Strasburg lily.

Inscription: Recto: lower centre, brown ink: “m”. Support (historic), Recto: lower left corner, brown ink: “Pedro de moya” [u over the y]; lower right corner, graphite, Witt number: “170”.

Collector's mark: none.

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