Virgin and Child enthroned
Maker
Attributed to
(artist)
1556-1621
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1581-1641
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1600-1699
(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
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, //”.
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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