Lamentation over the Dead Christ
Maker
(artist)
1600-1699
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1596-1675
1600-1699
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1596-1675
Title
Lamentation over the Dead Christ
Date of Production
1600 - 1699
Medium
red chalk, pen and grey ink, grey wash on buff laid paper, with red chalk and grey ink framing lines, the upper corners cut, laid down on a historic support
Dimensions
Height: 15.8 cm
Width: 53.8 cm
Width: 53.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2548
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
unidentified collector (not in Lugt); Thomas Cholmondeley, 1st Baron Delamere (1767-1855); E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (30 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 125
p. 125
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to support.
Inscription: Support (historic), Verso: lower right edge, graphite, circled: "D.1060."
Collector's mark: Recto: upper left corner, stamped in black ink: unidentified collector (not in Lugt? Resembles L.2897 but 1 mm wider and no hole at the centre is visible). Support (historic), Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Support (historic), Verso: lower right edge, graphite, circled: "D.1060."
Collector's mark: Recto: upper left corner, stamped in black ink: unidentified collector (not in Lugt? Resembles L.2897 but 1 mm wider and no hole at the centre is visible). Support (historic), Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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