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Religious scene: group of kneeling figures looking upwards (study for an Assumption)

Maker

Michelangelo Cinganelli (artist)
1558-1635

Title

Religious scene: group of kneeling figures looking upwards (study for an Assumption)

Medium

red chalk, pen and brown ink and brown wash with an added varnish or fixative on laid paper, laid down, the left edge made up

Dimensions

Height: 12.1 cm
Width: 16.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2570

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

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Provenance

E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermarks: none evident in the drawing sheet. Backing sheet, Verso: lower left corner, fragment: half of a large crown from the top of a Strasburg lily.

Inscription: Michaelangello Cinganello

Inscription: J.631

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

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