Exorcism
Maker
(artist)
1643-1697
1643-1697
Title
Exorcism
Date of Production
1680
Medium
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, laid down; an indecipherable drawing on the verso is visible with transmitted light and infrared
Dimensions
Height: 21.6 cm
Width: 27.6 cm
Width: 27.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2565
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
Dr Edward Peart, London and Butterwick (1756/58-1824); E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Recto: centre: a circle is just visible, but otherwise obscured by the mount.
Mount (historic), Verso: centre: J WHATMAN.
Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, brown ink, signed and dated? the date partly gone over in different ink: Lodovico Gemignani 1680.
Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): centre, graphite, partly faded: 1st Bli[...] / Proud .
Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): lower left, graphite, upside down, underlined: 66.
Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): lower right, graphite, partly faded: [...] / 1644-1697 / on [...]ch / signed .
Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): lower right, first line in graphite and circled, second line in brown ink but crossed through in graphite: J 232 / J. 297. .
Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): right lower edge, graphite: 17.
Inscription: Verso (backing sheet), lower centre edge, graphite: Coll. of Dr E Peart..
Inscription: Witt mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower left and right, graphite: Lodovico Gimignano / Italian 1643-1697 / Signed + dated 1680 / 2565.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, pen and black ink: Dr Edward Peart (L.891).
Collector's mark: Verso (backing sheet): lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, brown ink, signed and dated? the date partly gone over in different ink: Lodovico Gemignani 1680.
Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): centre, graphite, partly faded: 1st Bli[...] / Proud .
Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): lower left, graphite, upside down, underlined: 66.
Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): lower right, graphite, partly faded: [...] / 1644-1697 / on [...]ch / signed .
Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): lower right, first line in graphite and circled, second line in brown ink but crossed through in graphite: J 232 / J. 297. .
Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): right lower edge, graphite: 17.
Inscription: Verso (backing sheet), lower centre edge, graphite: Coll. of Dr E Peart..
Inscription: Witt mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower left and right, graphite: Lodovico Gimignano / Italian 1643-1697 / Signed + dated 1680 / 2565.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, pen and black ink: Dr Edward Peart (L.891).
Collector's mark: Verso (backing sheet): lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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