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Virgin and Child

Maker

(artist)
1556-1629

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1600-1699

Title

Virgin and Child

Date of Production

(circa) 1601

Medium

black and white chalk, squared in red chalk on blue laid paper with brown ink framing lines, inlaid into an historic mount

Dimensions

Height: 15.9 cm
Width: 14.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2417

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

Pierre-Marie Gault de Saint-Germain, Paris (1756-1842); Haldane Macfall, London (1860-1928); his estate sale, 12 June 1929; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Drawing in Bologna, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 18/06/1992-31/08/1992

Literature

Drawing in Bologna 1500-1600, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1992
no. 21
ill.

Bentini, J., Disegni della Galleria Estense di Modena, Modena, 1989
p. 278

Graziani, A., Bartolomeo Cesi, Milan, 1988
p. 165
fig. 31

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to mount.

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

Inscription: Backing sheet, Recto: an extensive signed letter which shows through, unable to read currently. Mount (historic), Recto: lower centre, dark brown ink: "Lodovico Caracci". Mount (historic), Verso: upper centre, graphite: "1"; centre, pen and brown ink: "Col de PM Gault_ de St. Germain"; lower left, red chalk: "86"; lower right, brown ink, unclear: "undin ennbus [?]";lower right, graphite, circled: "817".

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