Open IIIF manifest What is IIIF IIIF viewers

Virgin and Child (recto)

Maker

(artist)
1555-1619

Title

Medium

graphite, red chalk, pen and brown ink, red wash and white bodycolour (discoloured and flaked off in several areas) (recto), graphite and pen and brown ink (vers on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 17.8 cm
Width: 11.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2817

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

Benjamin West, London (1738-1820), L.419 [Esdaile's handwritten inscription records that he purchased it from a West sale in 1820, seemingly p. 28 no. 118; of the 3 West sales in 1820 on 9 June, 23 June and 1 July, none of them has no. 118 on p. 28, none of the nos. 118 match this drawing, and none of the drawings listed are a match for this drawing]; William Esdaile, London (1758-1837), L.2617; Thomas Thane, London (1782-1846), L.2461; Charles S. Bale, London (1791-1880), L.640; John Postle Heseltine, London (1843-1929), L.1507; purchased from him by Colnaghi & Obach, October 1912 (according to Lugt, L.1507 was the mark appended by Colnaghi to the 600+ sheets acquired from Heseltine at this time); Henry Oppenheimer, England (1859-1932); his estate sale, Christie's (London), 10 July 1925, lot 63; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), for £8.4; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Eton, 1939

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, graphite: An C.

Inscription: Mount (removed, in box of mounts from P&D), Recto: lower left and centre, brown ink:118-3-West 1820 Ludovico Caracci.

Inscription: Mount (removed, in box of mounts from P&D), Recto: lower right, graphite, erased: 12 x 12.

Inscription: Mount (removed, in box of mounts from P&D), Recto: lower right corner, graphite: 2102.

Inscription: Mount (removed, in box of mounts from P&D), Verso: lower left edge, brown ink: 1820 WE B West's sale P28 N118

Inscription: Mount (removed, in box of mounts from P&D), Verso: lower centre, graphite: A Carracci.

Collector's mark: Recto: lower left, blindstamped: Benjamin West (L.419).

Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, written in brown ink: William Esdaile (L.2617) preceded by '76'.

Collector's mark: Mount (removed, in box of mounts from P&D), Recto: lower left, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Collector's mark: Mount (removed, in box of mounts from P&D), Verso: lower centre, stamped in black: John Postle Heseltine (L.1507).

Collector's mark: On separate paper clipped to mount (removed, in box of mounts from P&D): graphite: Thomas Thane (L.2461).

Collector's mark: On separate paper clipped to mount (removed, in box of mounts from P&D): stamped in black: Charles Bale (L.640).

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.

____________________________

Buy a print from our collection