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Flying angel with a scroll

Maker

(artist)
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

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).

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