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Studies of ecclesiastical furniture (recto)

Maker

(artist)
1500-1599

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1499-1543

Title

Date of Production

1500 - 1599

Medium

pen and brown ink (recto), pen and brown ink and red chalk (verso), with darkened edges from a border that has been removed

Dimensions

Height: 27.3 cm
Width: 20.1 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2898

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

Label Text

On this sheet the artist documents various pieces of religious furniture decorated with classical motifs. An inscription at the bottom suggests that he had seen them in the church of San Pietro in Vincoli in Rome. The eagle was possibly part of a lectern; the chair or bishop’s throne below was ornamented with acanthus leaves. At the upper right a quick sketch shows the Resurrection with the blessing Christ hovering in the air, unnoticed by two sleeping soldiers.

Provenance

property of a Gentleman, Sotheby's (London), 25 May 1938, lot 23 (as Florentine School circa 1540); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£2, along with D.1952.RW.2897); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Special Display - Renaissance drawings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 29/01/2009-20/05/2009

Literature

Pandini, Anna, The investigation of a 16th-century drawing in the Courtauld Gallery formerly attributed to Polidoro da Caravaggio (c.1499 - c.1543), BA3 essay, The Courtauld Institute of Art, unpublished 2022
pp. 1-31
ill. on pp. 21 (recto), 22 (verso)
as 'unattributable'

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

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

Inscription: Recto: lower centre edge, brown ink: “a san pietro in vicolo”.

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