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Crowning of a pope - Pius V (?)

Maker

(artist)
1559-1638

Title

Crowning of a pope - Pius V (?)

Date of Production

1575 - 1638

Medium

red chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 21.4 cm
Width: 29.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2513

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

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Provenance

Kunsthandlung Max Hevesi, Vienna (until 1938, when he emigrated to London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), October 1932; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: upper centre edge, fragment: half of a circle containing a quadruped (? too fragmentary to identify).

Collector's mark: Verso, lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)

Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, graphite: “21 138.”. Verso: lower centre, graphite: “1321”. Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: “Domenico Passignano / 1558-1638 / Placing the Papal Tiara.”.

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