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Sheet of figure studies

Maker

(artist)
1500-1599

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1497-1544

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1528-1588

Title

Sheet of figure studies

Date of Production

1500 - 1599

Medium

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

Dimensions

Height: 29.9 cm
Width: 19.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2389

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

Count Moriz von Fries, Vienna (1777-1826), L.2903 (lower left, blindstamped); W. Mellish (London), c. 1820; Francis Abbott, Edinburgh (1800-1893), L.970 (lower right, blindstamped); Savile Gallery (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (mount, lower left), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to mount.

Inscription: Recto, lower right corner, graphite, erased: “Cagliari”. Mount (historic), Recto: lower centre, brown ink, crossed out in graphite: “Paolo Cagliari, Veronese / Born 1531 Died 1588”; lower right, graphite: “From the De Vries Collection”; lower right, graphite, erased and crossed out: “Venetian? / F. Parmigiano? / Colls. Abbott / De Vries”. Mount (historic), Verso: lower left corner, graphite: “9”. Witt mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right and left, graphite: “Gerolamo da Treviso the younger / di Pier Maria Pennacchi / 1497-1544 / Colls. Abbott / De Vries / 2389”.

Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, blindstamped: Count Moriz von Fries (L.2903); lower right corner, blindstamped: Francis Abbott (L.970). Mount (historic), Recto: lower left, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Label: Mount (historic), Recto: right lower edge, stamped in black, cut off: "11[0?]".

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