Samson
Maker
Attributed to
(artist)
1675-1749
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1575-1642
(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
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
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).
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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