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God the Father seated on a cloud with an angel

Maker

(artist)
1600-1699

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1627-1685

Title

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

graphite on brown laid paper, some lines incised, laid down (examined under microscope)

Dimensions

Height: 15.5 cm
Width: 13.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.178

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, 1921, probably cat. 38, though does not match any lot as described and Witt did not specify which Parsons sale, unlike his other Spanish purchases from that sale; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt (1875-1952), L.2228b (15 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Véliz, Zahira, Spanish Drawings in the Courtauld Gallery: complete catalogue, London, 2011
no. 35
Illus. p. 131

Inscriptions

Watermark: Recto, left upper edge: Latin cross inside a teardrop shape above single-line letters A A (see Heawood 951-983, though none has the same letters).

Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): centre, graphite, Witt number: 178; lower centre, graphite: 3; lower right, graphite, erased: #1; lower left edge, graphite: Cespedes.

Collector's mark: Verso (backing sheet): lower left corner, stamped in black : Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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