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Martyrdom of a saint

Maker

(artist)
1540-1609

Title

Martyrdom of a saint

Date of Production

1555 - 1609

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on two separate pieces of laid paper, laid down

Dimensions

Height: 26.6 cm
Width: 21.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1834

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

Spencer (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to backing sheet.

Inscription: Recto: within drawing, lower right, brown ink: “Gx” [? May not even be an inscription]. Verso (backing sheet): centre, graphite, underlined: “Zuccharo”; right lower edge, graphite: “2 s/”; lower right edge, brown ink: “Fed.co Succaro.”.

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

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