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A religious allegory relating to the Seven Theological Virtues (?) (formerly 'Foundation of a monastic order')

Maker

(artist)
1600-1699

Title

A religious allegory relating to the Seven Theological Virtues (?) (formerly 'Foundation of a monastic order')

Date of Production

1600 - 1625

Medium

pen and brown ink, brown and red wash, white bodycolour (now oxidised and discoloured) on buff laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, laid down

Dimensions

Height: 31.4 cm
Width: 42.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2397

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

William Bateson, London (1861-1926), L.2604a; his sale at Sotheby's (London), 23-24 April 1929, lot 247; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Véliz, Zahira, Spanish Drawings in the Courtauld Gallery: complete catalogue, London, 2011
no. 86
ill. on p. 245

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: upper centre: according to Véliz 2011 a Strasburg lily, though the support is too thick to identify with any certainty.

Inscription: Recto: upper right corner, graphite: “k1 [?]”; right lower edge, brown ink, cut off: “D[...]”.

Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: William Bateson (L.2604a).

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