View of the Temple of Minerva Medica, Rome
Maker
Attributed to
(artist)
1568-1625
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1500-1599
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1570-1629
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1554-1626
(artist)
1568-1625
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1500-1599
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1570-1629
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1554-1626
Title
View of the Temple of Minerva Medica, Rome
Date of Production
(20 October) 1587
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, brown and yellow wash on laid paper (examined under microscope)
Dimensions
Height: 19.3 cm
Width: 28.5 cm
Width: 28.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2727
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
Dr Arthur Douglas Heath, Birmingham (1870-1937); his estate sale, Fleetwood, Deakin, Hendriks & Co. (Birmingham), 13 July 1937, lot 197; purchased there by Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 30 September 1937 (£7, as by Bril); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977-January 1978
Drawings from the Witt Collection, University of Southampton, 16/02/1970-04/03/1970
Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 17/11/1962-22/12/1962 ...More
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London; York City Art Gallery; Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953 ...Less
Drawings from the Witt Collection, University of Southampton, 16/02/1970-04/03/1970
Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 17/11/1962-22/12/1962 ...More
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London; York City Art Gallery; Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953 ...Less
Literature
Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977- January 1978
cat. no. 33
as Anonymous – Jan Brueghel the Elder?
Anthony Blunt and Philip Troutman, Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, 1962
cat. no. 39
as Flemish school
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 133
as Flemish school, sixteenth century ...More
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London, York City Art Gallery and Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
cat. no. 86
as Flemish School late sixteenth century
Honig, Elizabeth Alice et al., Jan Brueghel: complete catalogue, https://www.janbrueghel.net/search/site/courtauld [accessed 8 March 2021]
as Jan Brueghel the Elder ...Less
cat. no. 33
as Anonymous – Jan Brueghel the Elder?
Anthony Blunt and Philip Troutman, Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, 1962
cat. no. 39
as Flemish school
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 133
as Flemish school, sixteenth century ...More
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London, York City Art Gallery and Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
cat. no. 86
as Flemish School late sixteenth century
Honig, Elizabeth Alice et al., Jan Brueghel: complete catalogue, https://www.janbrueghel.net/search/site/courtauld [accessed 8 March 2021]
as Jan Brueghel the Elder ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: none.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: upper right edge, brown ink: “Tempio di Minerva / medica,”; lower right edge, cut off: “Templum Minerva maed[…] / roma 1587 Ot 20”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: upper right edge, brown ink: “Tempio di Minerva / medica,”; lower right edge, cut off: “Templum Minerva maed[…] / roma 1587 Ot 20”.
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