Saint Catherine of Alexandria before the Emperor
Maker
(artist)
1536-1615
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1540-1609
1536-1615
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1540-1609
Title
Saint Catherine of Alexandria before the Emperor
Date of Production
1570 - 1575
Medium
red chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, squared in brown ink on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, on a historic mount
Dimensions
Height: 21.4 cm
Width: 15.6 cm
Width: 15.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2533
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
John Barnard, London (1709-1784); Sir Harry Baldwin, Isle of Wight (1863-1931); his estate sale, Sotheby’s (London), 19 July 1933; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b; Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to mount.
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower centre, black ink: “frederico Zuccaro”; lower right, brown ink: “2”. Mount (historic), Verso: upper centre edge, red chalk: “(13)”; upper left, red ink: “n. / N 19. //”; upper centre, brown ink, underlined, possibly John Barnard's hand?: “B: 97”; centre, graphite: “29/11”; centre, brown ink: “D No66”; centre, graphite, the first name written over the surname: “frederico Zuccaro / 17 [the ‘1’ written over a ‘0’] / 447 //”.
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower centre, black ink: “frederico Zuccaro”; lower right, brown ink: “2”. Mount (historic), Verso: upper centre edge, red chalk: “(13)”; upper left, red ink: “n. / N 19. //”; upper centre, brown ink, underlined, possibly John Barnard's hand?: “B: 97”; centre, graphite: “29/11”; centre, brown ink: “D No66”; centre, graphite, the first name written over the surname: “frederico Zuccaro / 17 [the ‘1’ written over a ‘0’] / 447 //”.
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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