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Annunciation

Maker

(artist)
1743-1823

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1659-1734

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1634-1705

Title

Annunciation

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, white bodycolour (with a touch of red) on laid paper with brown ink framing lines, cut into an oval

Dimensions

Height: 20.6 cm
Width: 16.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2414

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

Giuseppe Vallardi, Milan (1784-1863), L.1223; Haldane Macfall, London (1860-1928); his estate sale, Sotheby's (London), 12 June 1929, lot 40 (as by Giordano); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

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

Literature

Chiarini, Marco, 'Disegni del tardo Barocco Fiorentino' in 'Per Luigi Grassi: Disegno e Disegni', Rimini, 1998 - 379-389
p. 383
fig. 11 on p. 388

Drawings by Guercino and other Baroque masters, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1977, 1977
no. 25
as Ricci

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Verso: upper right, red chalk, Giuseppe Vallardi's hand: “E389”; left lower edge, black ink, probably a price: “192g”.

Collector's mark: Recto: lower right, stamped in blue ink: Giuseppe Vallardi (L.1223). erso: left lower edge, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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