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Saint Mark (recto)
Studies for 'The Last Supper' (verso)

Maker

Attributed to
(artist)
1532-1577

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1529-1566

Title

Saint Mark (recto)
Studies for 'The Last Supper' (verso)

Date of Production

1545 - 1566

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, white bodycolour, with black ink framing lines (recto), black and red chalk (verso), on blue laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 41.3 cm
Width: 20.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2383

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







Label Text

The evangelist is shown standing in a niche, accompanied by the lion with which he is usually associated. The open book alludes to his Gospel. Blue paper provides a mid tone; carefully applied brown wash and white bodycolour delineate the folds of the saint's robe, and hatching in pen and ink, reinforced with further brown washes, indicate the recess which frames the figure.

Provenance

Jan de Bisschop, Netherlands (1628-1671); Jonckheer van der Does, Lord of the Manor of Bergesteyn (d. 1704); Valerius Röver (d. 1738); purchased from him by Johann Goll van Franckenstein (1722-1785); Richardson; purchased from him by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

A Passion for Drawings, Collectors at the Courtauld, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 28/02/2002-09/06/2002

Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970

Literature

Jellema, Renske E., Episcopius: Jan de Bisschop (1628 - 1671) advocat en tekenaar / lawyer and draughtsman, Amsterdam / Museum Het Rembrandthuis 1992
pp. 58 - 59
ill. on p. 18

Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970
cat. no. 16
as by Taddeo Zuccaro

Catalogue MS University Library, Amsterdam, 1705 - 31 December 1731, Valerius Röver, 1731
folio no. 39, no. 22

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, left of centre: two crossed arrows (similar to Briquet 6272 – Treviso 1464).

Inscription: Recto: lower centre, graphite: faded and now illegible but looks like “Taddeo Zuccaro”. Verso: lower centre, brown ink, hand of Valerius Röver (see letter from van Gelder in file): “Taddeo Zucchero / n: 1529. ob: 1566 aetat: 37. / C: van Mander fol: 88. //”. Mount (destroyed but attested to in letters in file): inventory numbers of Valerius Röver: “39 / 22 //”; top, graphite: “No. 436”; bottom, possibly inventory number of Goll van Franckenstein: “N. 3133”; possibly hand of Jan de Bisschop: “Taddeo Zucchero”.

Collector's mark: Mount (destroyed but attested to in letters in file): Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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