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San Diego of Alcalá giving bread to a poor child

Maker

Attributed to
(artist)
1614-1685

Title

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

black chalk on laid paper, laid down on a secondary support, the lower right edge and corner made up

Dimensions

Height: 20.4 cm
Width: 12 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.173

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 405 (with D.1952.RW.174 and 175); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt (1875-1952), L.2228b (£1.3); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1978 (March - May)

Literature

Mulcahy, Rosemary, 'Review: Spanish drawings in the Courtauld Gallery. Complete catalogue. By Zahira Véliz' in 'The Burlington Magazine', September 2011 - pp. 646-47; CLIV
p. 647

Véliz, Zahira, Spanish Drawings in the Courtauld Gallery: complete catalogue, London, 2011
no. 16
Illus. p. 87

Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1978 (March - May)
cat. no. 43 ...More

Mayer, August L., 'Los dibujos espanoles de la coleccion Witt en Londres' in 'Arte Espanol', 1926-27 - pp. 2-4; VIII, 1 ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: Recto, left of centre: three stacked circles surmounted by a Latin cross, the upper one containing a crescent moon, the middle one possibly containing the letter “L” (resembles in type Heawood 265-308, no exact match found).

Inscription: Recto: lower centre edge, graphite: “Dn Fro Rizi”. Historic secondary support, Recto: lower left edge, black chalk: “Rizi”. Historic secondary support, Verso: centre, graphite, Witt number: “173”; lower left, graphite: “3”.

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

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