Male saint
Maker
(artist)
1540-1599
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1488-1560
1540-1599
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1488-1560
Title
Male saint
Date of Production
1560 - 1572
Medium
pen and brown ink on laid paper, laid down
Dimensions
Height: 40.1 cm
Width: 18.1 cm
Width: 18.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2726
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
Sir Joshua Reynolds, London (1723-1792); possibly his estate sale, H. Phillips (London), 5 - 22 March 1798, any one of 11 lots listing Bandinelli; Sir Thomas Lawrence, London (1769-1830); Dr Sydney H. Nicholson, Chislehurst, Kent (1875-1947); his sale, Sotheby's (London), 5 May 1937, lot 4 (along with D.1952.RW.3877); purchased there by Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 30 September 1937, for £5; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Baccio Bandinelli, 1493-1560: drawings from British collections, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 03/05/1988-03/07/1988
16th Century Italian Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1969
Between Renaissance and Baroque: European Art 1520-1600, Manchester City Art Gallery, 1965
16th Century Italian Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1969
Between Renaissance and Baroque: European Art 1520-1600, Manchester City Art Gallery, 1965
Literature
Baccio Bandinelli, 1493-1560: Drawings from British Collections, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 1988
no. 45
ill. on p. 130
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Drawings and prints of the first maniera, 1515-1535, 1973
under no. 10
G.L. Conran, Between Renaissance and Baroque: European Art 1520-1600, Manchester City Art Gallery, 1965
cat. no. 252 (as Bandinelli) ...More
Middeldorf, U., 'Drawings by Giovanni dell'Opera' in 'Art Quarterly', 1939 - pp. 386-93; II
p. 393 ...Less
no. 45
ill. on p. 130
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Drawings and prints of the first maniera, 1515-1535, 1973
under no. 10
G.L. Conran, Between Renaissance and Baroque: European Art 1520-1600, Manchester City Art Gallery, 1965
cat. no. 252 (as Bandinelli) ...More
Middeldorf, U., 'Drawings by Giovanni dell'Opera' in 'Art Quarterly', 1939 - pp. 386-93; II
p. 393 ...Less
Inscriptions
Inscription: Verso (hidden under backing sheet, visible via transmitted light): right centre, red chalk: "6".
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Joshua Reynolds (L.2364)
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Thomas Lawrence (L.2445)
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Joshua Reynolds (L.2364)
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Thomas Lawrence (L.2445)
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