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An Angel leading Lot and his daughters away from Sodom

Maker

Attributed to
(artist)
1600-1637

Formerly attributed to
Giovanni Maria Tamburini (artist)
died 1660

Title

An Angel leading Lot and his daughters away from Sodom

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink and brown wash on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 13.6 cm
Width: 23.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2562

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

Sidney Herbert, Earl of Pembroke (1853-1913); E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: lower right edge, brown ink, cut off: Tamburino Scol di Giudo.

Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, graphite, erased and hard to read: 6u [?].

Collector's mark: none.

Watermark: Recto: upper centre: star above a shield - difficult to see what it contains; resembles a mermaid with one fin, or perhaps a griffon, but no matches apparent in Briquet or Piccard.

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