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Annunciation

Maker

(artist)
1707-1769

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1696-1770

Title

Annunciation

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown and red wash, white bodycolour (now oxidised) on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines; large loss of media at upper left corner

Dimensions

Height: 47.7 cm
Width: 34.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.226

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

Thomas Henry Brand, 4th Viscount Hampden (1900-1965); his sale, Christie's (London), 25 November 1938, lot 2 (as by Tiepolo); purchased there by Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 23 January 1939 (£25, as by Fontebasso); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Drawings by Guercino and other Baroque Masters, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/02/1977-01/03/1977

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

Literature

Byam Shaw, J., 'The Drawings of Francesco Fontebasso' in 'Arte Veneta', 1974

Inscriptions

Watermark: possibly at upper centre, but obscured by thick media and coarse paper.

Inscription: none.

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

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