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Saint Augustine enthroned with Saint John the Baptist and Saint Francis

Maker

(artist)
1527-1585

Title

Saint Augustine enthroned with Saint John the Baptist and Saint Francis

Medium

pen and ink (brown), wash (brown) on laid paper, laid down on a historic mount

Dimensions

Height: 35.5 cm
Width: 24.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.275

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

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Provenance

Sir Joshua Reynolds, London (1723-1792), L.2364; perhaps his estate sale, H. Phillips (London), 5 - 22 March 1798 (any one of 14 lots listing Cangiagio); Giuseppe Vallardi, Milan (1784-1863), L.1223; John Annan Bryce (1874-1923); his estate sale, Samuel Wallrock (London), 5 - 14 November 1923, lot 1243 (with 7 others); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£1.75); Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: centre: a small cross with its points terminating in trefoils, above a circle with a crescent in the upper portion, containing single-line letters, looks like "bRP" (no match found in Briquet or Piccard).

Inscription: Recto (within drawing): lower centre, brown ink: di Loca Cambiagio / G .

Inscription: Recto: lower centre edge, graphite: Luca Cangiasi no. 70.

Inscription: Historic mount, verso: upper right, red chalk: M 315.

Collector's mark: Historic mount, Recto: lower left corner and again at Verso, lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Joshua Reynolds (L.2364).

Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, stamped in blue: Giuseppe Vallardi (L.1223).

Inscription: Historic mount Verso: upper centre, graphite, hard to read: H[...]leog [?].

Inscription: Historic mount, Verso, lower right corner, graphite: 21..

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