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Draped female, resting (recto)

Maker

formerly attributed to
(artist)
1565-1617

(artist)
ca. 1594-1647 (Life dates)

Title

Date of Production

(circa) 1610

Medium

pen and brown ink, grey and brown wash (recto), pen and brown ink (verso) on laid paper, hinged onto a historic mount with the other four drawings in the series

Dimensions

Height: 8.9 cm
Width: 8.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2390.1

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

These finely detailed studies are among the earliest British drawings in The Courtauld’s collection. Their small scale and delicacy of execution reflect Isaac Oliver’s training as a miniature painter. Although trained in England, the French-born Oliver brought a new Continental influence to British art. His subject matter and style, especially the distinctive use of pen and ink, were strongly informed by the Italian Renaissance artist Parmigianino, whose prints and drawings he admired. Two of the drawings are the work of his son, Peter, also a miniaturist.

Provenance

Sidney Herbert, Earl of Pembroke (1853-1913); William A. Clark, New York (1839-1925); Edelheimer sale, New York, 1919; Barclay; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d. (£5.25 for D.1952.RW.2390.1-.5); Witt Bequest 1952 The provenance comes from the Witt index card, with the Edelheimer sale added in pencil.

Exhibition History

Drawings Gallery Display - Pen to Brush: British Drawings and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 18/11/2021-28/02/2022

The Witt Collection - Four centuries of drawings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 03/04/2004-20/06/2004

Master Drawings of the 17th century from the Witt Collection, Art Gallery of South Australia, Festival Exhibitions, Adelaide, 1968 ...More

Age of Shakespeare, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 1964 (May)

Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1958-59

Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London; York City Art Gallery; Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953

Exhibition of Stuart Drawings, Red Lodge, Bristol, 12/06/1952-12/07/1952

Three Centuries of British Watercolours and Drawings, Arts Council of Great Britain, London, 1951

Nicholas Hilliard and Issac Oliver, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1947

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

catalogue untraced, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1932 ...Less

Literature

Mantegna to Cezanne: Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 1983
cat. no. 52
ill. on p. 60
As a group comprised of D.1952.RW.2390.1-5

Finstein, Jill, Isaac Oliver : art at the court of Elizabeth I and James I, 2 vols. [originally the author's PhD thesis, Harvard, 1979], New York 1981
no. 201
dated c. 1610

Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1958 - 1959
cat. no. 46 ...More

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 37

Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London, York City Art Gallery and Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
cat. no. 30

Exhibition of Stuart Drawings, Red Lodge, Bristol, 1952
cat. no. 44

Three Centuries of British Watercolours and Drawings, Arts Council of Great Britain, London, 1951
cat. no. 121

Nicholas Hilliard and Isaac Oliver, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 1947
no. 201
pl. XLVII

Strong, S.A., Catalogue of the Pembroke Collection, 1900-02
no. 66
ill.

Wood, Jeremy, 'Peter Oliver at the Court of Charles I: New Drawings and Documents' in 'Master Drawings', Summer 1998 - 123-53; XXXVI, no. 2
n. 16 ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: Recto, lower right corner, fragment: a curved line adjacent to a line ending in an arrow shape - too fragmentary to identify. Mount (historic): centre: Strasburg lily above "4" above monogram "WR" (no countermark to help identify with the numerous examples in Churchill and Heawood).

Collector's mark: none.

Label: Mount (removed, cut down and now in object file): printed in black: "JAMES BOURLET & SONS Ltd., / Fine Art Packers, Frame Makers. / F32704 / 17 & 18, NASSAU STREET, / MORTIMER STREET, W. / Phones: --MUSEUM 1871 & 7588".

Inscription: Verso: upper right corner, graphite: "ee". Support (historic), Recto: lower left edge, brown ink: "Isa: Oliver.". Mount (removed, now missing, recorded in file), Recto: lower left, pen and ink: "Isa: Oliver. From the Pembroke, Barclay and W.A.Clarke collections.".

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