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Giovanni dalle Bande Nere and his army crossing the Rivers Po and Adda

Maker

Copy after
(artist)
1511-1574

Title

Giovanni dalle Bande Nere and his army crossing the Rivers Po and Adda

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, white bodycolour, on blue laid paper, with a brown wash circular framing line, on a historic support

Dimensions

Width: 29.3 cm
Height: 28.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1786

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

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Provenance

A. Berthel, Surrey; purchased from him by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970

Literature

Härb, Florian, The Drawings of Giorgio Vasari (1511 - 1547), Roma 2015
p. 422, under no. 269

Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970
cat. no. 11
Fig. p. 12

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: small shield containing a pineapple above the letters “AM” [or “MA”] (no match in Heawood or Briquet).

Inscription: Recto: lower right edge, brown ink: “Bernardino Campi”.

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

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