Scene from the life of Don Juan of Austria: ships in departure
Maker
Attributed to
(artist)
1560-1631
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1590-1646
(artist)
1560-1631
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1590-1646
Title
Scene from the life of Don Juan of Austria: ships in departure
Medium
chalk (black), pen and ink (brown), wash (blue) squared in chalk (red) with brown ink framing lines, on laid paper with the corners cut
Dimensions
Height: 26.1 cm
Width: 38.3 cm
Width: 38.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2789.2
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
George Guy, Earl of Warwick (1818-1893); Sotheby's (London), 1 July 1936; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
The “invention of many works“: Domenico Fontana (1543-1607) and his worksites, Pinacoteca Cantonale Giovanni Züst, Rancate, Switzerland, 26/11/2022-19/02/2023
Neapolitan Baroque and Rococo Painting, Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, Durham, 01/06/1962-12/08/1962
Neapolitan Baroque and Rococo Painting, Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, Durham, 01/06/1962-12/08/1962
Literature
Vincenzo Fontana, Mauro, 'Giovanni Balducci e il disegno: novità per il periodo fiorentino e una proposta per il Palazzo Reale a Napoli' in 'I Bozze', September 2014
pp. 10-11
fig. 21
Fischer, Chris and Joachim Meyer, Neapolitan drawings: Italian drawings in the Department of Prints and Drawings, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen 2006
p. 44, n. 4, under no. 2
Giampaolo, Mario Di, 'Balducci o Corenzio? Un'ipotesi' in 'Kunst des Cinquecento in der Toskana', Munich 1992 - 329-334
p. 331 ...More
Bean, Jacob and Lawrence Turcic, 15th and 16th century Italian drawings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1982
p. 66, under no. 54
Neapolitan Baroque and Rococo Painting, Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, Durham, 1962
cat. no. 1
Nicola Navone, Letizia Tedeschi, Patrizia Tosini, Le 'invenzioni di tante opere' Domenico Fontana e i suoi cantieri, Archivio del Moderno, 2022
pp. 250 - 254 ...Less
pp. 10-11
fig. 21
Fischer, Chris and Joachim Meyer, Neapolitan drawings: Italian drawings in the Department of Prints and Drawings, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen 2006
p. 44, n. 4, under no. 2
Giampaolo, Mario Di, 'Balducci o Corenzio? Un'ipotesi' in 'Kunst des Cinquecento in der Toskana', Munich 1992 - 329-334
p. 331 ...More
Bean, Jacob and Lawrence Turcic, 15th and 16th century Italian drawings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1982
p. 66, under no. 54
Neapolitan Baroque and Rococo Painting, Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, Durham, 1962
cat. no. 1
Nicola Navone, Letizia Tedeschi, Patrizia Tosini, Le 'invenzioni di tante opere' Domenico Fontana e i suoi cantieri, Archivio del Moderno, 2022
pp. 250 - 254 ...Less
Inscriptions
Inscription: 2789 B
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
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