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Lamentation over the Dead Christ

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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).

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