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Samson

Maker

Attributed to
(artist)
1675-1749

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1575-1642

Title

Samson

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, laid down

Dimensions

Height: 35.6 cm
Width: 27.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2755

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

collection of the Earls of Shrewsbury, Alton Towers; probably Christie's (Alton Towers), 6 July - 8 August 1857; Francis Abbott, Edinburgh (1800-1893); Puttick & Simpson (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 7 May 1936, probably lot 123 [bundle including Reni; seller not listed in catalogue]; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Old master drawings, Leicester, 1952

Literature

Marco Riccomini, Coppie bolognesi, in Stefan Albl and Alina Aggujaro (eds.), Il Metodo del Conoscitore - Approcci. limiti e prospettive, Rome, 2016
pp. 22-23 (or p. 119?)
fig. 13

Inscriptions

Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): lower centre, graphite: From the Coll. at Alton Towers / cf pieta Gally Bologna .

Inscription: Verso (hidden under backing sheet, visible via transmitted light, discovered 2022): upper centre, brown ink: Guido Reni originale.

Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): lower right, graphite, erased and therefore hard to read: 173 / 47 [?].

Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, blindstamped: Francis Abbott (L.970).

Collector's mark: Verso (backing sheet): lower right, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Watermark: none evident in the drawing sheet. Backing sheet (historic): centre: scallop shell (a larger variant of Laurentius and Laurentius no. 285a, dated 1843, made by Cartiere Colini in Marche/Umbria and used on paper in Rome).

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