Young Virgin Mary sewing
Maker
(artist)
1634-1679
Formerly attributed to
1598-1664
1634-1679
Formerly attributed to
1598-1664
Title
Young Virgin Mary sewing
Date of Production
1600 - 1699
Medium
pen and brown ink on laid paper, with graphite framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 18.6 cm
Width: 13.6 cm
Width: 13.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1844
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
possibly Visconde de Castelruiz; his sale, Christie's (London), 27 - 30 April 1846, lot 97; Dr Barry Delany, Kilkenny (1815-1888), L.350 [not listed in his 1872 sale catalogue but could have been in a portfolio]; anonymous sale, Sotheby's (London), 17 - 18 April 1923, lot 75 (as by Zurbarán, study for the painting in the Hermitage); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
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. 74
p. 215
Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1978 (March - May)
cat. no. 15
Mayer, August L., 'Los dibujos espanoles de la coleccion Witt en Londres' in 'Arte Espanol', 1926-27 - pp. 2-4; VIII, 1
p. 2
questioned attribution to Zurbarán
no. 74
p. 215
Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1978 (March - May)
cat. no. 15
Mayer, August L., 'Los dibujos espanoles de la coleccion Witt en Londres' in 'Arte Espanol', 1926-27 - pp. 2-4; VIII, 1
p. 2
questioned attribution to Zurbarán
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto, left centre edge: a small circle, possibly originally in a stack of three - unable to see what it contains.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b). On former mount (now missing, recorded in notes in file), Verso: brown ink: Barry Delany (L.350).
Inscription: Verso: upper left, brown ink: “2 desol.”
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b). On former mount (now missing, recorded in notes in file), Verso: brown ink: Barry Delany (L.350).
Inscription: Verso: upper left, brown ink: “2 desol.”
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