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Virgin and Child enthroned with saints

Maker

(artist)
1610-1670

Title

Virgin and Child enthroned with saints

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 29.7 cm
Width: 20.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.200

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

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Provenance

Paul Sandby, London (1725-1809), L.2112; Charles Fairfax Murray, London (1849-1919) [not evident in the catalogue of his estate sale at Christie's, 30 January 1920, though not all drawings were listed in detail]; F.R. Meatyard (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d. (15 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower centre, brown ink: Sirani Vecchio. Former backing (removed, now missing, recorded in condition report dated 1984): ink over pencil: Lh 51/ / F_D_ . The backing predated Sandby’s stamp, as it had been pressed through to the back.

Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, stamped in black : Paul Sandby (L.2112).

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