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The Israelites in the desert

Maker

(artist)
1524-1587

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1508-1573

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1504-1570

Title

The Israelites in the desert

Medium

pen and brown ink, white bodycolour (now discoloured and flaked off) on blue laid paper, with later graphite framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 17.1 cm
Width: 28.1 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1958

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

E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

16th Century Italian Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1969

Literature

Giampaolo, Mario Di, 'Giulio Campi: ancora due disegni per San Sigismondo' in 'Prospettiva', January 1977 - 54-56; 8
p. 56
p. 55, fig. 9

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, lower left edge: fragment of a mark but obscured by staining along lower edge.

Inscription: [...] P.o Caraba[...]

Inscription: studio di Giulio Campi per la / prima campata di S. Sigismundo / (altro studio agli Uffizi 735E) / A. Ballarin //

Inscription: si, Giulio Campi / Mario Giampaolo, dic. 1975 //

Inscription: The only name I can / find near this is / Pedro Cabanes - Catalan / op. 1493 - p. 1538. / Th.B. //

Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)

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