Crowning of a pope - Pius V (?)
Maker
(artist)
1559-1638
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
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
Keywords
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.”.
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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