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Saint Domenico of Soriano presenting sceptre and rosary to the commander against the heretics

Maker

(artist)
1643-1697

Title

Saint Domenico of Soriano presenting sceptre and rosary to the commander against the heretics

Date of Production

(circa) 1675

Medium

black chalk, brown wash and white bodycolour on laid paper, laid down on an historic mount with decorative borders executed in graphite, pen and brown ink and grey wash

Dimensions

Height: 38.3 cm
Width: 24.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2568

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); possibly F.A. Drey (dealer, London - see circled inscription on mount which is similar to those found on works purchased at Drey); E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Merz, Jörg, Pietro da Cortona und sein Kreis. Die Zeichnungen in Dusseldorf, Munich and Berlin 2005
p. 458, n. 106

Fagiolo dell'Arco, Maurizio, Pietro da Cortona e i cortoneschi : Gimignani, Romanelli, Baldi, il Borgognone, Ferri, Milan 2001
p. 458, n. 106

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Gemigniano Filio

Inscription: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Inscription: Gemigniano Filio / From Little Red Book / + since large new one //

Inscription: J.40

Inscription: J.39

Inscription: 26

Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)

Inscription: Lodovico Gimignano / Italian 1643-1697 / Coll. Pembroke / 2568 //

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