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Christ surrounded by saints

Maker

(artist)
1508-1587

Title

Christ surrounded by saints

Medium

pen and brown ink, squared in black chalk on laid paper, laid down, with a brown ink framing line now only evident at left upper edge and upper edge

Dimensions

Height: 29.3 cm
Width: 26.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.190

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

August Grahl, Dresden (1791-1868), L.1199; his estate sale, Sotheby's (London), 27 - 28 April 1885, lot 222; purchased there by Herbage; Benno Geiger, Italy (1882-1965); F.R. Meatyard (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d. (£3.35); Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Collector's mark: collector's mark of August Grahl (L.1199)

Watermark: Recto, upper left: an eagle encircled. Possibly a crown above the circle.

Label: Cab 12/2//Lelio Orsi [de Novellara].//1511-1587//Colls. Grahl//Geiger (sticker on verso handwritten in pen: Bequethed to Courtauld Vestibule)

Inscription: X

Inscription: 15 fey

Inscription: He_.12 1 / Wi_d.

Label: 640 / D.1952.RW.190 / Robert Witt collectors stamp L.2228b

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