Virgin and Child with Saints Anne and John the Baptist
Maker
(artist)
1529-1566
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1578-1615
1529-1566
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1578-1615
Title
Virgin and Child with Saints Anne and John the Baptist
Date of Production
1545 - 1566
Medium
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, on a historic mount
Dimensions
Height: 25.8 cm
Width: 20.5 cm
Width: 20.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2704
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
Has. (as per the Witt card); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Gere, John Arthur, Taddeo Zuccaro: his development studied in his drawings, London 1969
no. III
as by Zuccaro
no. III
as by Zuccaro
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: upper centre: circle containing eagle with spread wings (similar to Briquet 208 – Pisa 1575-79).
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: upper left edge, graphite: “b-104-10” (same type as on support for D.1952.RW.2699); lower centre, brown ink, date added in graphite and partially erased: “Schedone b1560 _ d 1616”. Mount (historic), Verso: upper centre edge, graphite: “261”; upper centre, graphite, underlined: “HR” [not on Lugt]; upper centre, graphite: “Plain showing / Fine //”; centre, graphite, large: “311” (precedes the number on the verso of the support for D.1952.RW.2699).
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: upper left edge, graphite: “b-104-10” (same type as on support for D.1952.RW.2699); lower centre, brown ink, date added in graphite and partially erased: “Schedone b1560 _ d 1616”. Mount (historic), Verso: upper centre edge, graphite: “261”; upper centre, graphite, underlined: “HR” [not on Lugt]; upper centre, graphite: “Plain showing / Fine //”; centre, graphite, large: “311” (precedes the number on the verso of the support for D.1952.RW.2699).
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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