Flying angel with a scroll
Maker
(artist)
1525-1587
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1657-1747
1525-1587
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1657-1747
Title
Flying angel with a scroll
Medium
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper; both upper corners cut and a strip of paper added across the upper verso edge
Dimensions
Height: 14.2 cm
Width: 16.8 cm
Width: 16.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2509
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
banderoles_CIA
Provenance
Thaw; his sale, Sotheby's (London), 20 July 1932 (as by Solimena); purchased there by Max Hevesi (London); given by him to Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, brown ink: “M. Siena”. Verso: lower right edge, graphite: “au Solimine”; lower right corner, graphite, on remnant of former backing sheet, underlined and supralined: “VII”; lower right corner, mostly hidden beneath former backing sheet but visible with transmitted light, graphite: “H”. Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: “Marco Pino da Siena / Ital. c. 1525-1587/8 / T.O”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, brown ink: “M. Siena”. Verso: lower right edge, graphite: “au Solimine”; lower right corner, graphite, on remnant of former backing sheet, underlined and supralined: “VII”; lower right corner, mostly hidden beneath former backing sheet but visible with transmitted light, graphite: “H”. Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: “Marco Pino da Siena / Ital. c. 1525-1587/8 / T.O”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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