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Virgin and Child, with other figures

Maker

(artist)
1500-1563

Title

Medium

black chalk, yellow-brown wash on laid paper, on a historic mount (Padre Resta’s)

Dimensions

Height: 20.9 cm
Width: 14.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2452

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

Padre Sebastiano Resta, Milan (1635-1714) (his album D?); purchased from him by Henry Newton in Rome, 1712 on behalf of John, Lord Somers (1650-1716); his estate sale, Motteu (London), 5 May 1717; purchased there by Jonathan Richardson, the elder, London (1665-1745), L.2184, L.2983 and L.2995/2996; Sir Thomas Lawrence, London (1769-1830), L.2445; Henry Phillpotts, Bishop of Exeter (1778-1869); his estate sale, Sotheby's (London), 5 November 1930; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b; Witt Bequest 1952 The above provided by Jeremy Wood in his 1996 Master Drawings article 'Padre Resta as a collector of Carracci drawings', p. 36, based on the assumption that the 'D' inscribed on the recto and verso of the mount here refers to Album D of Padre Resta's album of drawings.

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to mount.

Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower centre edge, brown ink, Richardson the elder's hand, L.2995/2996: “Andrea Schiavone”. Mount (historic), Verso: upper centre, brown ink, Richardson the elder transcribing Resta-Somers and his own shelfmarks, L.2983: “D. 62. / 34. / E. 22. / Zg. 31. / 49. / Zi. 29. / Zg. 35. / V. 31. / Oo. 13 / S.”; lower centre, graphite: “Sir T Law / + Richardson Colls”.

Collector's mark: Recto: lower centre, brown ink, transcribed above: Jonathan Richardson, the elder (L.2995/2996); lower left, blindstamped: Sir Thomas Lawrence (L.2445); lower right, stamped in black ink: Jonathan Richardson, the elder (L.2184). Mount (historic), Verso: centre, brown ink, transcribed in full above: Jonathan Richardson the elder (L.2983); lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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