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Christ and the Centurion

Maker

(artist)
1596-1674

Title

Christ and the Centurion

Date of Production

(circa) 1660 - 1670

Medium

pen and grey and black ink, watercolour on parchment

Dimensions

Height: 31.7 cm
Width: 36.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2837

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







Related Works

Christ washing the Disciples' feet

Provenance

anonymous sale, Christie's (London), 7 and 10 May 1937, lot 15 (with D.1952.RW.2839 and one other); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943

Literature

Michiel Plomp, Jane Ten Brink Goldsmith, Paul Huys Janssen, Michiel Kersten, John Michael Montias, and Adrienne Quarles von Ufford, Leonaert Bramer (1596-1674): Ingenious Painter and Draughtsman in Rome and Delft, exh. cat., Stedelijk Museum Het Prinsenhof, Delft, 1994
p. 313 under no. 10

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: n/a.

Inscription: Recto: lower left, brown ink, signed by the artist: "Bramer"; lower right corner, grey ink: "17".

Collector's mark: Presumably on the verso, which is no longer visible as the drawing is secured at all sides to the mount: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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