Presentation of the Christ Child in the Temple
Maker
(artist)
1600-1699
Formerly attributed to
Giovanni Battista Pozzi (artist)
1561-1589
1600-1699
Formerly attributed to
Giovanni Battista Pozzi (artist)
1561-1589
Title
Presentation of the Christ Child in the Temple
Date of Production
1600 - 1699
Medium
pen and brown ink, blue wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 11.9 cm
Width: 14.5 cm
Width: 14.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2688
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: none.
Inscription: Verso: lower centre, graphite: “Pozzi [changed from ‘Paggi’] Giovan Battista / 1560-1588. //”. Support (removed but still mounted with the drawing), Recto: lower centre, red ink over graphite, the last line added in graphite: “GIOVANNI BATTISTA POZZI [the ‘I’ changed to an ‘O’ in graphite]. / 1560-1588. / 1561-1589 //”; lower left, graphite, Witt number: “2688”; lower centre, graphite, circled: “14”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Verso: lower centre, graphite: “Pozzi [changed from ‘Paggi’] Giovan Battista / 1560-1588. //”. Support (removed but still mounted with the drawing), Recto: lower centre, red ink over graphite, the last line added in graphite: “GIOVANNI BATTISTA POZZI [the ‘I’ changed to an ‘O’ in graphite]. / 1560-1588. / 1561-1589 //”; lower left, graphite, Witt number: “2688”; lower centre, graphite, circled: “14”.
Collector's mark: none.
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