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Standing figure of a man - apostle or prophet

Maker

(artist)
1540-1599

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1488-1560

Title

Standing figure of a man - apostle or prophet

Date of Production

1500 - 1599

Medium

traces of graphite, pen and brown ink on laid paper, laid down

Dimensions

Height: 38.9 cm
Width: 19 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1742

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

Benno Geiger, Italy (1882-1965); his sale, Sotheby's (London), 7 December 1920, lot 16; E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by F.B. Neumayer (London), by 1935; purchased from him by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 01/09/1960-01/10/1960

Literature

Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 1960
cat. no. 18

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermarks: none in the drawing sheet. Backing sheet, Verso: lower left: a scroll containing cursive text (illegible - nothing similar in Briquet, Piccard, Heawood or Churchill).

Inscription: 53

Inscription: Baccio Bandinelli 1493-1560 / R //

Inscription: B. Bandinelli

Inscription: C. 4/5

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