Guardian angel walking with a child (recto)
Fragment of a landscape (verso)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Image: Courtauld
Image: Courtauld
Maker
Attributed to
(artist)
1627-1685
(artist)
1627-1685
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1600-1681
(artist)
1600-1681
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1614-1685
(artist)
1614-1685
Title
Guardian angel walking with a child (recto)
Fragment of a landscape (verso)
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
Width: 8.8 cm
Object Number
D.1952.RW.175
Mode of Acquisition
Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952
Credit
Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Inscriptions
Watermark: none.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: none.
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, Courtauld Gallery, London, 13/10/2011-15/01/2012
Spanish Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, March 1978-May 1978
Literature
Véliz, Zahira, Spanish Drawings in the Courtauld Gallery: complete catalogue, London, 2011
no. 44
Illus. p. 153
no. 44
Illus. p. 153
Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1978 (March - May)
cat. no. 42
cat. no. 42
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