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Young man kneeling

Maker

Attributed to
(artist)
1578-1615

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1533-1612

Title

Young man kneeling

Medium

black and white chalk with stumping on blue laid paper, squared in black and red chalk, on a historic mount

Dimensions

Height: 27.2 cm
Width: 18.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2424

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

Haldane Macfall, London (1860-1928); his estate sale, Sotheby's (London), 12 June 1929, lot 57 (as Barocci); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Italian Drawings of the 17th and 18th Centuries from the Witt
Collection
, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/03/1971-01/04/1971

Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970

Literature

Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970
cat. no. 28

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to mount.

Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower centre, stamped in black ink: “FEDERIGO BAROCCIO.”; lower left, graphite: “SCHEDONE / 2424 //”; lower right, graphite, erased: “Bartolommeo Schedone / Italian 1570 – 1615 / 1570 – 1615 / 1526-1612 / Cavedone? / SEHDONE [sic] //”. Mount (historic), Verso: written twice, at upper right and lower left corners, black felt ink: “28.”; centre, blue crayon, circled: “28”; centre, graphite: “28”.

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

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