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Saint Anthony of Padua and the miracle of the mule

Maker

(artist)
1727-1804

Title

Saint Anthony of Padua and the miracle of the mule

Date of Production

1740 - 1804

Medium

pen and grey ink, grey wash on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 17 cm
Width: 26.1 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2885

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

a 'foreign nobleman', presumably Prince Trivulzio, whose property was consigned by Pollak and Winternitz (Vienna) to Sotheby's (London), 13 July 1937, lot 11; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b; Witt Bequest 1952

See Brief Description.

Exhibition History

Italian Drawings of the 17th and 18th Centuries from the Witt
Collection
, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/03/1971-01/04/1971

Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 17/11/1962-22/12/1962

Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 01/09/1960-01/10/1960

Literature

Anthony Blunt and Philip Troutman, Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, 1962
cat. no. 92

Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 1960
cat. no. 48

Inscriptions

Watermark: centre: pair of crossed keys (no match in Briquet or Heawood).

Inscription: Recto: lower right, grey ink, signed by the artist: “Dom Tiepolo”; lower right, graphite, faded and hard to read: “4/c 170/[…] H.C.”. Verso: upper left corner, graphite: “60.”; lower left, graphite: “i6”.

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

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