Christ surrounded by saints
Maker
(artist)
1508-1587
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
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
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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