Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence
Maker
(artist)
1550-1628
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
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
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.
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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