Two groups of kneeling figures
Maker
Felice Brusasorci (artist)
1539-1605
1539-1605
Title
Two groups of kneeling figures
Medium
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, laid down on Japanese tissue; tiny sketch in brown ink on the verso (trying to trace the hair from the leftmost figure on the recto?)
Dimensions
Height: 17.6 cm
Width: 27.9 cm
Width: 27.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2754
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
Puttick & Simpson (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 7 May 1936, for 5 shillings [not evident in the catalogue so must have been part of a parcel or bundle in lots 120, 121 or 125]; Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: lower right, brown ink, last word abraded: di Felice Brusasorci [...].
Inscription: Mount (removed, recorded in file), Recto: right, pen and ink: Del Ricci.
Inscription: Mount (removed, recorded in file), Verso: pen and ink: Morone Bresciano.
Collector's mark: none.
Watermark: none.
Inscription: Mount (removed, recorded in file), Recto: right, pen and ink: Del Ricci.
Inscription: Mount (removed, recorded in file), Verso: pen and ink: Morone Bresciano.
Collector's mark: none.
Watermark: none.
Information on this object may be incomplete and will be updated as research progresses. We are particularly committed to addressing any discriminatory or offensive language and ideas that might be present in our records. To help improve this record, and to enquire about images of The Courtauld Gallery Collection, please email gallery.collectionsonline@courtauld.ac.uk. Find out more about using and licensing our images.
____________________________