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Study of a figure with hands clasped (formerly 'Study of a woman praying')

Maker

(artist)
1600-1699

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1581-1641

Title

Study of a figure with hands clasped (formerly 'Study of a woman praying')

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

black and white chalk on buff laid paper, laid down on a historic mount

Dimensions

Height: 22.4 cm
Width: 20 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2416

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

Benno Geiger, Italy and Vienna (1882-1965); his sale, Sotheby's (London), 7 - 10 December 1920, lot 91; Haldane Macfall, London (1860-1928); by descent to his wife; her sale, Sotheby’s (London), 12 June 1929, lot 41 (as Domenichino); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to mount.

Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: upper left corner, red chalk: “149”; lower left edge, graphite, Witt’s attribution: “Domenico Zampiero – Domenichino 1581-1641”; lower right, brown ink: “Female Praying”; lower right edge, graphite, erased: “1143 W[…]”. Mount (historic), Verso: centre, graphite: “Domenichino”; lower left, graphite: “-N . C”; lower left corner, graphite: “602”.

Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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