Virgin in Glory with adoring saint
Maker
Giacinto Calandrucci (artist)
1646-1707
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
c.1610-1679 (Life dates)
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1596-1669
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1624-1703
1646-1707
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
c.1610-1679 (Life dates)
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1596-1669
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1624-1703
Title
Virgin in Glory with adoring saint
Date of Production
1600 - 1699
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash, white bodycolour on laid paper on a historic mount, with corrections made on two separate pieces of paper which were then laid down at lower left
Dimensions
Height: 22.7 cm
Width: 34.5 cm
Width: 34.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2752
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
Henry Constantine Jennings, Shiplake and London (1731-1819), L.2771; Benjamin West, London (1738-1820), L.419; Sir Thomas Lawrence, London (1769-1830), L.2445; Francis Abbott, Edinburgh (1801-1893), L.970; Puttick & Simpson (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 7 May 1936, for £2 [not evident in the catalogue so must have been part of a parcel or bundle in lots 120, 121 or 125]; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
catalogue untraced, San Francisco, 1938
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to mount.
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: left centre, graphite: an arrow pointing toward the edge of the drawing; lower right, graphite: “-Jennings”; lower centre, graphite: arrow pointing up toward drawing; lower left, graphite: “TL.BW”; lower centre, brown ink: “Pietro Berretini da Cortona / Born 1596 Died 1669 //”; lower right of centre, graphite: “123 / 40”; lower right, graphite: “From Mr. B. West + Sir T. Lawrence’s Collns / K Jennings Colln / Popham suggests Passeri / 12B //”. Mount (historic), Verso: upper left corner, red-orange crayon: “#1”. Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: “Laz Baldi? / Passeri? (Popham) / Pietro da Cortona / Italian 1596-1669 / Colls. Lawrence. West. / Jennings Abbott / with pentimento stuck on //”.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left, blindstamped: Sir Thomas Lawrence (L.2445); lower left, blindstamped: Benjamin West (L.419); lower right, stamped in black ink: Henry Constantine Jennings (L.2771). Mount (historic), Recto: lower right, blindstamped: Francis Abbott (L.970).
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: left centre, graphite: an arrow pointing toward the edge of the drawing; lower right, graphite: “-Jennings”; lower centre, graphite: arrow pointing up toward drawing; lower left, graphite: “TL.BW”; lower centre, brown ink: “Pietro Berretini da Cortona / Born 1596 Died 1669 //”; lower right of centre, graphite: “123 / 40”; lower right, graphite: “From Mr. B. West + Sir T. Lawrence’s Collns / K Jennings Colln / Popham suggests Passeri / 12B //”. Mount (historic), Verso: upper left corner, red-orange crayon: “#1”. Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: “Laz Baldi? / Passeri? (Popham) / Pietro da Cortona / Italian 1596-1669 / Colls. Lawrence. West. / Jennings Abbott / with pentimento stuck on //”.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left, blindstamped: Sir Thomas Lawrence (L.2445); lower left, blindstamped: Benjamin West (L.419); lower right, stamped in black ink: Henry Constantine Jennings (L.2771). Mount (historic), Recto: lower right, blindstamped: Francis Abbott (L.970).
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