Design for a sarcophagus with cherubs flanking an empty cartouche
Maker
(artist)
1600-1699
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1601-1667
Formerly attributed to
Pedro de Mena (artist)
1628-1688
1600-1699
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1601-1667
Formerly attributed to
Pedro de Mena (artist)
1628-1688
Title
Design for a sarcophagus with cherubs flanking an empty cartouche
Date of Production
1650 - 1699
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 4.8 cm
Width: 17.8 cm
Width: 17.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.172
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 (as by Pedro de Mena, with D.1952.RW.170 and 171); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt (1875-1952), L.2228b (7 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Alonso Cano, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 02/04/2001-15/06/2001
Literature
Véliz, Zahira, Spanish Drawings in the Courtauld Gallery: complete catalogue, London, 2011
no. 34
Illus. p. 130
Wethey, Harold E., 'Alonso Cano's drawings' in 'The Art Bulletin', 1952 - pp. 217-38; XXXIV, 3
p. 233
under 'Copies and Wrong Attributions' to Cano
no. 34
Illus. p. 130
Wethey, Harold E., 'Alonso Cano's drawings' in 'The Art Bulletin', 1952 - pp. 217-38; XXXIV, 3
p. 233
under 'Copies and Wrong Attributions' to Cano
Inscriptions
Watermark: none.
Inscription: Historic secondary support (removed and now missing, see photo in file), Recto: right centre and again at lower left, graphite, Witt number: “172”; lower right edge, graphite: “A. Cano / “a good one”. S. Canton” and crossed out “Pedro de Moya”.
Collector's mark: Removed from a former mount and now mounted separately with the drawing: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Historic secondary support (removed and now missing, see photo in file), Recto: right centre and again at lower left, graphite, Witt number: “172”; lower right edge, graphite: “A. Cano / “a good one”. S. Canton” and crossed out “Pedro de Moya”.
Collector's mark: Removed from a former mount and now mounted separately with the drawing: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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