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Virgin and Child enthroned

Maker

Attributed to
(artist)
1556-1621

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1581-1641

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1600-1699

Title

Virgin and Child enthroned

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, on a historic mount

Dimensions

Height: 27.9 cm
Width: 21.1 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1964

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

George Street Gallery, Edinburgh; Richardson; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Mount (historic), verso, centre: large cartouche containing “PESCIATA / AI / MASSO” (same mark found on backing sheet to D.1952.RW.1675. No match found anywhere although a coat of arms with "A.I. Masso' found on 16th-century engravings by Palladio - https://www.karlundfaber.de/en/auctions/306/prints/3060217/).

Inscription: Recto: lower right edge, graphite: “BB”. Mount (historic), Verso: lower right, graphite, circled: “40”; lower centre, graphite: “Domenichino”; lower left, graphite: unable to read as mostly covered by remnants of a former backing sheet.

Collector's mark: none.

Stamp: Mount (historic), Verso: centre, purple ink: “FROM / THE GEORGE GALLERY. / 55 GEORGE STREET, / EDINBURGH, //”.

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