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Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence

Maker

(artist)
1550-1628

Title

Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence

Date of Production

(October) 1628

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, white bodycolour (now discoloured) on buff laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 29.7 cm
Width: 20.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2453

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

Thomas Thane, London (1782-1846); Henry Phillpotts, Bishop of Exeter (1778-1869); his estate sale, Sotheby's (London), 5 November 1930, probably as part of lot 72 or 74; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 01/09/1960-01/10/1960

Literature

Stefania Mason, I disegni di Palma il Giovane nella collezione Sagredo «Tomo sesto» Treviso, 2024
p. 21
fig. 22

Ivanoff, Nicola and Pietro Zampetti, Giacomo Negretti detto Palma Il Giovane, Bergamo 1980
no. 432 on p. 596
ill. on p. 737

Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 1960
cat. no. 37 ...More

Tietze, Hans and Erica Tietze-Conrat, The drawings of the Venetian Painters in the 15th and 16th centuries, New York, 1944
no. 1019, p . 209 ...Less

Inscriptions

Inscription: I.P.F. 1628 / 14. 8tobre

Inscription: palma

Inscription: 27

Collector's mark: Thomas Thane (L.2420), written over his initials, 'TT' in grey ink

Inscription: Palma Giov.

Watermark: Centre: circle, unclear what it contains, but it includes two triangles.

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