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Visitation of Saint Anna and Saint Elizabeth

Maker

Attributed to
(artist)
1575-1634

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1548-1628

Title

Visitation of Saint Anna and Saint Elizabeth

Medium

graphite, pen and grey ink, grey wash, on laid paper; the upper edge and upper right corner added on a separate sheet in graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash, on laid paper; all with brown ink framing lines, laid down

Dimensions

Height: 20.3 cm
Width: 10.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2057

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

Joachim Gustav Heinrich Winckler, Hamburg and London (b. 1882), L.2702; Meier Elte (The Hague); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 133

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Collector's mark: Recto: lower right edge, blindstamped: Joachim Gustav Heinrich Winckler (L.2702, though the motto does not appear in the banderole). Verso (backing sheet): lower right corner, stamped in black in: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): upper centre edge, graphite: “Pieter Candida (de Wit.)”.

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