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Procession in battle

Maker

Circle of
(artist)
1499-1543

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1511-1551

Title

Procession in battle

Medium

pen and brown ink, yellow-brown wash, brown and white bodycolour on yellow-ochre prepared laid paper cut in an octagonal shape, laid down on a historic mount

Dimensions

Height: 18.3 cm
Width: 25.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1722

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

Thomas Hudson, London (1701-1779), L.2432; Dr Barry Delany, Kilkenny (1815-1888), L.350; Williams & Sutch (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermarks: unable to check drawing sheet due to mount. Mount (historic), Verso: Propatria with a countermark (only visible in raking light and so unable to identify more closely).

Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower right, graphite: [an arrow] “Thos Hudson”; lower right edge, grey-brown ink: “PC”; lower right corner, graphite: “8”. Mount (historic), Verso: upper left corner, graphite, hard to read: “[…] Oaks”; centre, graphite, the illegible name in brackets in red chalk: “2667/No12 / Caldara, Polidoro, called / Polidoro da Caravaggio. / Milanese 1492 + 1543 / “One of the most illustrious disciples of Raphael” / with collectors mark: TH: Thos Hudson / also “ “ “ : BD: Dr Barry Delany. / A Collection / “ “ “ “ (Sir […]ley) P.E / (Dr Barry Delany)” [the last above the collector’s mark to which it refers]. Mount (removed, cut down, now in file), graphite: “1722 / ex Polidoro Caravaggio / Italian 1490/1500-1543 / Colls. T. Hudson / Barry Delany / PC / Pupini / B. Pupini (Lanfranco / Ravelli) Pupini / T.O. //”.

Label: Mount (historic), Recto, printed in black ink: “From the Hudson Collection.”. Mount (historic), Verso: lower left, printed in black ink: “Thomas Hudson, eminent portrait painter and collector. / He was the scholar of Jonathan Richardson, and became / his son-in-law. He was the preceptor of Sir Joshua / Reynolds. Born in 1705, died 1779. //”.

Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Thomas Hudson (L.2432). Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b). Mount (historic), Verso: lower centre, pen and brown ink: Barry Delany (L.350).

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