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The Madonna standing on the crescent moon, holding the Christ-child and a sceptre (formerly 'The Immaculate Conception')

Maker

Copy after
(artist)
1566-1651

Title

Date of Production

1500 - 1699

Medium

black and red chalk, pen and brown ink, brown and grey-blue wash, white and red bodycolour on laid paper, squared in black chalk, with brown ink framing lines, incised for transfer, the verso prepared with red chalk

Dimensions

Height: 25.4 cm
Width: 18.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.19

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 H. Busserus's sale, Amsterdam, 21 October 1782, lot 148; Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, Amsterdam (1726-1798), L.2034; his sale, Amsterdam (dir. van der Schley et Roos), 3 March 1800, kbk B no. 59; purchased there by Ph. van der Schley (f 9.10); R. della Faille de Waerloos; his sale, Frederik Muller & Cie (Amsterdam), 19 January 1904, lot 31; purchased there by Amsler & Ruthardt (Berlin) (f 22); Rudolf Philip Goldschmidt, Berlin (around 1840-1914), L.2926; his sale, F. A.C. Prestel (Frankfurt), 4 - 5 October 1917, lot 47 (with an engraving after it); purchased there by Benno Geiger, Italy and Vienna (1882-1965); his sale, Sotheby's (London), 7-10 December 1920, lot 421; E. Parsons & Sons (London), 1921, cat. 38, lot 84; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (48 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952 Much of the above supplied by Bolten 2007, p. 87 under no. 201.

Literature

Bolten, Jaap, Abraham Bloemaert c. 1565-1651: the drawings, 2007
p. 87 under no. 201
illus. 201b on p. 109

Inscriptions

Watermark: upper centre: evidence of a mark but unable to see clearly through wash and chalk.

Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, brown ink: "Bloemart ft". Verso: upper left corner, graphite: "No 1"; centre, graphite: "14"; lower left, brown ink: "D. 9 1/2 / 6."; lower left corner, black chalk: "S"; lower left, black ink, unclear: "u"; lower left corner, graphite, cut off by handling edge: "No 180" [?]; lower centre edge, graphite: "no 1".

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left, blindstamped: Cornelis Ploos van Amstel (L.2034); lower right, stamped in black: Rudolf Philip Goldschmidt (L.2926); lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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