Guardian angel walking with a child (recto)
Fragment of a landscape (verso)

Maker

Attributed to
(artist)
1627-1685

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1600-1681

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1614-1685

Title

Guardian angel walking with a child (recto)
Fragment of a landscape (verso)

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

pen and brown ink, brown wash (recto and verso) on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 13 cm
Width: 8.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.175

Mode of Acquisition

Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

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.173 and 174, as by Francisco Rizi); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt (1875-1952) (£1.35); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

The Spanish Line - From Ribera to Picasso, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 13/10/2011-15/01/2012

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

Literature

Véliz, Zahira, Spanish Drawings in the Courtauld Gallery: complete catalogue, London, 2011
no. 44
Illus. p. 153

Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1978 (March - May)
cat. no. 42

Inscriptions

Watermark: none.

Collector's mark: none.

Inscription: none.

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