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Lamentation over the dead Christ by two angels (recto)

Maker

Attributed to
(artist)
1578-1649

Formerly attributed to
(Artists)
1550-1628

Title

Lamentation over the dead Christ by two angels (recto)

Date of Production

1595 - 1649

Medium

red chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, white bodycolour (now discoloured) on laid paper, with black ink framing lines, upper left corner made up (recto), pen and brown ink by a later hand (verso)

Dimensions

Height: 35.5 cm
Width: 30.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1966

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

Sir Charles Greville (1763-1832), L.549; by descent to his nephew George Guy, Earl of Warwick (1818-1893), L.2600; his estate sale, Christie’s (London), 20 - 21 May 1896, lot 253; purchased there by Richardson; purchased from him by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Institute of Fine Art, New York, 01/10/1953-01/11/1953

Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943

Exhibition of Venetian paintings and drawings, Matthiesen Gallery, London, 1939

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: circle containing an anchor, topped by a cross made of diamond-shaped arms (similar but slightly larger than Briquet 568 – Verona 1591-93 and a variant from Catania 1597).

Inscription: Verso: lower left, graphite: “Barotius”; lower left edge, graphite: “F Barotius.”.

Collector's mark: Recto: right lower edge, stamped in black ink: Earl of Warwick (L.2600). Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Charles Greville (L.549); lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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