View of Cartagena, Spain
Maker
(artist)
1607-1661
(formerly attributed to)
1600-1699
1607-1661
(formerly attributed to)
1600-1699
Title
View of Cartagena, Spain
Date of Production
(circa) 1642
Medium
pen and brown ink on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines stepped at the bottom, laid down
Dimensions
Height: 19.1 cm
Width: 35.9 cm
Width: 35.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.251
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
Sir William Stirling Maxwell (1818-1878); by descent to his son, Sir John Stirling Maxwell, Glasgow (1866-1956); probably his sale, E. Parsons & Sons (London), cat. no. 38, 1921, though does not match any of the lots as described and Witt did not specify which Parsons sale, as he did for his other purchases from this sale; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt (1875-1952), L.2228b (19 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Naverrete Prieto, Benito, 'Views of Spanish ports by Ercole Bazzicaluva', Master Drawings, vol. 45, no. 3, Autumn 2007, pp. 345-353
pp. 350-351
Illus. no. 5, p. 351
pp. 350-351
Illus. no. 5, p. 351
Inscriptions
Collector's mark: Verso (backing sheet): lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: upper centre (within drawing), brown ink: "CARTAGENA_"; lower right corner, graphite, abraded: "10" [?].
Inscription: Recto: upper centre (within drawing), brown ink: "CARTAGENA_"; lower right corner, graphite, abraded: "10" [?].
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