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Mary and Joseph visit the parents of Saint John (recto)

Maker

(artist)
1711-1780

Title

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, white bodycolour on prepared laid paper (recto), black chalk with stumping (verso - this side unprepared), inlaid into an historical marginal support

Dimensions

Height: 21.3 cm
Width: 31.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.286

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

'Reliable Venetian collector' (inscription lower centre); unidentified collector (handwriting on verso, same as on D.1952.RW.286); Spencer (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Disegni di una Collezione Veneziana del Settecento, Istituto di Storia dell'Arte, Venice, 1966

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: lower centre, brown ink, in the 'Reliable Venetian hand': Giambatista Marcola Veronese..

Inscription: Verso: upper right, dark brown ink: originale / Gio: Batta Marcola (same hand as on D.1952.RW.336).

Inscription: Support (recto): lower right corner, graphite, Witt number: 286.

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

Watermark: none.

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