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Mutius Scaevola putting his hand in the fire

Maker

Lionardo Corona (artist)
1561-1605

Title

Medium

chalk (black), pen and ink (brown), wash (grey-brown) on laid paper, cut into an octagon with brown ink framing lines, laid down

Dimensions

Height: 25.7 cm
Width: 26.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1725

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

Williams & Sutch (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Meijer, Bert W., Il disegno Veneziano, 1580-1650. Ricostruzioni storico-artistiche, Florence 2017
pp. 132-35, no. 5
Illus. p. 134

Rearick, William R., Il disegno veneziano del Cinquecento, 2001
p. 196
Illus. p. 197

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: lower right, grey-brown ink: "Leondo. Corona. no 14" Backing sheet: Verso: centre, graphite: "32"; lower centre, grey-brown ink: "Leonardo Corona 2"; lower left, brown ink: "40 3000" [40 crossed out]; lower right, graphite: "CW" [same inscription as on D.1952.RW.1711, 1717, 1726]; lower right, stamped: [collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)] Mount: Recto: upper centre, graphite: "No. 17"; upper left, graphite: "2667/No 17"; centre, graphite: "Corona Leonardo / Italy 1561 + 1605. / This picture in San Stefano is painted with a / greatness of style, that approaches Titian + / his picture of the "Crucifixion" is little short / of the excellence of a Tintoretto"; lower right, graphite: "CW / Tess"; lower right, graphite: "48"; Verso: lower left corner, graphite (partly erased): "Corona Leonardo [...]"

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