Marriage of Saint Catherine
Maker
(artist)
1563-1610
1563-1610
Title
Marriage of Saint Catherine
Date of Production
1601
Medium
black chalk, brown wash on laid paper, cut into an arch and laid down, on a historic mount, with many large areas of loss at the upper edge and lower left edge filled in
Dimensions
Height: 39.3 cm
Width: 25 cm
Width: 25 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2683
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
Sotheby's (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to mount.
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower centre, purple ink, erased: “ILTINTORETTO. [Robusty 1512-1594.”; lower left, graphite, underlined word above Witt number: “mounting / 2683 //”; lower centre, graphite: “The Marriage of S. Catherine of Siena”. Mount (historic), Verso: lower left, graphite, erased: “cf painting in Chiesa del Rifugio Siena / + in Coll of Comtesse Bontourlein, which is signed.”
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower centre, purple ink, erased: “ILTINTORETTO. [Robusty 1512-1594.”; lower left, graphite, underlined word above Witt number: “mounting / 2683 //”; lower centre, graphite: “The Marriage of S. Catherine of Siena”. Mount (historic), Verso: lower left, graphite, erased: “cf painting in Chiesa del Rifugio Siena / + in Coll of Comtesse Bontourlein, which is signed.”
Collector's mark: none.
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