Virgin and Child in Glory with five saints - design for an altarpiece
Maker
Circle of
(artist)
1529-1566
(artist)
1529-1566
Title
Virgin and Child in Glory with five saints - design for an altarpiece
Date of Production
1545 - 1566
Medium
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, on a historic mount
Dimensions
Height: 17.4 cm
Width: 12.9 cm
Width: 12.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1733
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
Antoine-Joseph Dezallier d'Argenville, Paris (1680-1765), L.2951; François Renaud, Paris (late 19th - early 20th century), L.1042; Eduard Schultze, Vienna (d. ca. 1900), L.906; Benno Geiger, Italy and Vienna (1882-1965); his sale, Sotheby's (London), 7 - 10 December 1920, lot 381; F.B. Neumayer (London); purchased from him by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to mount.
Inscription: Recto: lower left, brown ink: “Zucharo”; lower left edge, brown ink, hand of Dezallier d’Argenville: “73 [paraph] //”; lower right, brown ink: “Zuccaro”. Mount (historic), Verso: left of centre, graphite, with line pointing to adjacent collector’s mark: “Ed Schultze / Lugt 906 //”; centre, graphite: “57”; lower centre, graphite: “Zuccaro / 1143 [the ‘3’ much fainter] //”; lower left, graphite, circled: “2045”; lower right, graphite: “49867 / R //”; lower left corner, graphite: “582”.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink: Antoine-Joseph Dezallier d’Argenville (L.2951), “73” followed by his paraph; lower right corner, blindstamped: François Renaud (L.1042). Mount (historic), Verso: centre, stamped in purple ink: Ed Schultze (L.906); lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left, brown ink: “Zucharo”; lower left edge, brown ink, hand of Dezallier d’Argenville: “73 [paraph] //”; lower right, brown ink: “Zuccaro”. Mount (historic), Verso: left of centre, graphite, with line pointing to adjacent collector’s mark: “Ed Schultze / Lugt 906 //”; centre, graphite: “57”; lower centre, graphite: “Zuccaro / 1143 [the ‘3’ much fainter] //”; lower left, graphite, circled: “2045”; lower right, graphite: “49867 / R //”; lower left corner, graphite: “582”.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink: Antoine-Joseph Dezallier d’Argenville (L.2951), “73” followed by his paraph; lower right corner, blindstamped: François Renaud (L.1042). Mount (historic), Verso: centre, stamped in purple ink: Ed Schultze (L.906); lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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