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Angels and cherubs among clouds

Maker

Circle of
(artist)
1596-1669

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1652-1726

Title

Angels and cherubs among clouds

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, cut into an arch, with brown ink framing lines, now laid down on Japanese tissue

Dimensions

Height: 22.5 cm
Width: 33.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2497

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





Related Works

Angels among clouds

Provenance

Henry Reveley, Bryn y Gwin (1737-1798), L.1356 (lower left); probably by descent to his grandson, Hugh John Reveley (1812-1889), and sold by him at Sotheby's (London), 21 April 1884, lot 85 (with the accompanying engraving by Metz); if so, purchased there by Dr Edward Riggall; William Arthington Worsley, Hovingham (1890-1973); his sale, Sotheby's (London), 20 July 1932, lot 13 (with the accompanying engraving G.1990.WL.2137); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Drawings in Print, Courtauld Gallery, Woburn Square, London, 12/02/1983-12/06/1983

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 ...More

Master Drawings of the 17th century from the Witt Collection, Art Gallery of South Australia, Festival Exhibitions, Adelaide, 1968

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

Literature

Merz, Jörg, Pietro da Cortona und sein Kreis. Die Zeichnungen in Dusseldorf, Munich and Berlin 2005
pp. 472-73, n. 114

Chiarini, Marco, 'Disegni del tardo Barocco Fiorentino' in 'Per Luigi Grassi: Disegno e Disegni', Rimini, 1998 - 379-389
p. 380
fig. 2 on p. 386

Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970
cat. no. 35 ...More

Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 1960
cat. no. 42 ...Less

Inscriptions

Inscription: P. Cortona

Inscription: Reveleys Coll

Inscription: 1- 1-

Collector's mark: collector's mark of Henry Reveley (L.1356)

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