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Birth of the Virgin

Maker

(artist)
1552-1607

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1481-1536

Title

Birth of the Virgin

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, graphite added in eye of figure at right, on laid paper, laid down on a historic mount, the lower left corner cut

Dimensions

Height: 27.7 cm
Width: 21.1 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2026

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

Jonathan Richardson, the elder, London (1665-1745); Sir Joshua Reynolds, London (1723-1792); John Barnard, London (1709-1784); Arthur Melville Champernowne, Totne (1871-1946); Sotheby's (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: unable to check properly due to mount, none evident in raking or transmitted light - could be something at upper centre, but just as easily could be countermark on mount showing through. Mount (historic), Verso: lower centre: Strasburg lily (unable to see letters below, and unclear if there is a countermark above, could be the lines that seem to show through to recto via transmitted light).

Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Joshua Reynolds (L.2364)

Collector's mark: collector's marks of Jonathan Richardson, the elder (L.2184, L.2995/6 and L.2983)

Collector's mark: collector's mark of John Barnard (L.1419)

Collector's mark: collector's mark of Arthur Melville Champernowne (L.153)

Inscription: Baldassar Peruzzi Sanese 1509. / 1481-1536 //

Inscription: 111.

Inscription: 1-Nr. 52

Inscription: K. 58 / G. / X / This Drawing I found ascribed to Baldassar Peruzzi, but [the rest of this line erased] / K. 47. / Fa. 54. / Zu. 36. / Y. //

Inscription: 1609 / (Barnard Coll) //

Inscription: Price.

Inscription: Lot 896

Inscription: Barnard Reynolds Richardson / Collection //

Inscription: 339 [?]

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

Collector's mark: collector's mark of John Barnard (L.1420), No: 463. / 11 by 8 1/4 //

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