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Cardinal Albano refusing the Papal tiara

Maker

(artist)
1654-1714

Title

Date of Production

1654 - 1714

Medium

pen and brown ink, brown and red wash, white bodycolour on laid paper, laid down on an historic mount

Dimensions

Height: 31 cm
Width: 38.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2173

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

Richard Houlditch, junior, London (d. 1760), L.2214 (lower right); possibly his estate sale, Langford (London), 12-14 February 1760, 1st night, lot 19 ("Three by Romanelli, Passari, &c."), 2nd night, lot 5 ("Four by Passari, Le Face, &c.", bought by Dr Chauncy), lot 14 ("Four by Passari", bought by Scarlet), lot 17 ("Three by Watteau, Passari, &c.", bought by Duke of Marlborough), lot 33 ("Five by Baccio Bandinelli, Passiri, &c.", bought by Hudson), 3rd night, lot 13 ("Four by Passeri, &c.", bought by Howard), lot 22 ("Three by Romanelli, Passari, &c.", bought by Mr. Brent), or lot 33 ("Six by Baccio Bandinelli, Pasari, &c.", bought by Dr Chauncy); Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (mount, lower left); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Drawings by Old Masters, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1953

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

Literature

Graf, Dieter, 'Drawings by Giuseppe Passeri in Homage to Clement XI' in 'Master Drawings', 1991 - 235-254; 29, 3
p. 237
fig. 4 on p. 239

Drawings by Old Masters, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1953
cat. no. 132

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: lower right edge, brown ink: 4 [numbers often follow the collector's mark of Richard Houlditch junior, L.2214, as this one does, though Lugt does not know the meaning of them].

Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower centre edge, black ink: Giuseffo Passari..

Inscription: Mount (historic), Verso: upper left corner, graphite, underlined: nrcas [?].

Inscription: Mount (historic): upper left, red chalk 1673 M51.

Inscription: Mount (historic): centre, brown ink: 1736-.

Inscription: Mount (historic): lower left, graphite: ex collect. Houldich 1736.

Inscription: Mount (historic): lower centre, red ink Cardinal Albano refusing the Tiara.

Inscription: Mount (historic), Verso: lower right, graphite, Witt number: 2173.

Collector's mark: Recto: lower right edge, stamped in black: Richard Houlditch, junior (L.2214).

Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Watermark: none evident in the drawing sheet, though difficult to see due to mount and media. Mount (historic), Verso: Strasburg bend countermarked with “IV” (matches Churchill 437 – watermark of Jean Villedary, dated 1722).

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