Temptation of Saint Francis
Maker
(artist)
1561-1630
Formerly attributed to
Giovanni Battista Ricci (artist)
1537-1627
1561-1630
Formerly attributed to
Giovanni Battista Ricci (artist)
1537-1627
Title
Temptation of Saint Francis
Date of Production
(21 June) 1591
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines partially trimmed away, cut into an oval
Dimensions
Height: 27.1 cm
Width: 20.2 cm
Width: 20.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2558
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
E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Angelo Loda, 'Alcune aggiunte alla grafica bresciana dei Della Rovere con un accenno a quelle di Francesco Giugno e Ottavio Amigoni', in BrixiaSacra: Memorie storiche della diocesi di Brescia, vol. XVIII, no. 1-4 (December 2013), pp. 477-497
p. 484, note 7
McCullagh, Suzanne Folds, Italian Drawings before 1600 in the Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Collection, Chicago 1997
pp.213-214
Neilson, Nancy Ward, Review of 'Ugo Ruggeri, Disegni lombardi secenteschi dell'Accademia Carrara di Bergamo' in 'Master Drawings', Autumn 1976; 14, 3
p. 313
fig. 1 on p. 312
p. 484, note 7
McCullagh, Suzanne Folds, Italian Drawings before 1600 in the Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Collection, Chicago 1997
pp.213-214
Neilson, Nancy Ward, Review of 'Ugo Ruggeri, Disegni lombardi secenteschi dell'Accademia Carrara di Bergamo' in 'Master Drawings', Autumn 1976; 14, 3
p. 313
fig. 1 on p. 312
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Verso: upper centre, brown ink: “1591 J. B. R. 21 giugno”; centre, graphite, abraded: “3-“; lower left, graphite: “p.122”; lower right, graphite: “4”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower centre edge, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: upper centre, brown ink: “1591 J. B. R. 21 giugno”; centre, graphite, abraded: “3-“; lower left, graphite: “p.122”; lower right, graphite: “4”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower centre edge, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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