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Finding of Moses

Maker

(artist)
1500-1599

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1596-1669

Title

Finding of Moses

Date of Production

1500 - 1599

Medium

red chalk and white bodycolour on paper laid down on a historic mount with red ink lines and brown wash borders; large areas of loss around the edges and corners are made up on the mount

Dimensions

Height: 38.2 cm
Width: 48.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.204

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

Williams & Sutch (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermarks: right centre: narrow shield containing three hills surmounted by the letter “F” (of same type but shorter and with the hills closer to the bottom of the shield than Briquet 11938 and 11939 –dated 1582/92 and 1598). Mount (historic), Verso, centre: shield containing two “x”s and “D & C / B”.

Inscription: Mount (historic), Verso: upper left, graphite: "2668/No 52"; upper centre, brown ink: "Pietro Berretini - called: Pietro da Cortona - painted History + Landscape / born at Cortona in Tuscany 1596 - died - 1669.- / "He went young to Rome and applied himself diligently to study the Antiques, the works of Raphael, / Buonaroti & Polidoro, by which he so improved his taste & his hand that he distinguished himself in a degree / superior to any of the artists of his time." Pilkington. Dict of Painters."; centre, graphite, Witt number: "204"; lower left corner, graphite: "#11 / cf a T 10 [?[]"; lower right corner, graphite: "CW / v/-" [mark associated with Williams & Sutch].

Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Verso: lower right corner, stamped twice (one incompletely) in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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