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Noli Me Tangere

Maker

(artist)
1527-1585

Title

Noli Me Tangere

Medium

pen and brown ink, brown wash, on laid paper, with added graphite framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 36.6 cm
Width: 25 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.297

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

Giuseppe Vallardi, Milan (1784-1863), L.1223; John Annan Bryce (1874-1923); his estate sale, Samuel Wallrock (Bryanston Square, London), 14 November 1923, lot 1243 (with 7 others); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£1.75); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

A Passion for Drawings, Collectors at the Courtauld, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 28/02/2002-09/06/2002

The Primacy of Drawing, Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, 21/09/1991-03/11/1991; City Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke on Trent, 09/11/1991-05/01/1992; Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, 11/01/1992-23/02/1992

Inscriptions

Watermark: centre, difficult to see: a circle containing a fleur-de-lis?

Inscription: Recto: lower right edge, brown ink: D Luca Cambias.

Inscription: Verso: upper centre, red chalk, Vallardi's shelf mark: M.304.

Collector's mark: Verso (no longer visible, recorded in database): stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in blue, cut off: mark of Giuseppe Vallardi (L.1223), accompanied by his shelf mark in red chalk on the verso (transcribed in inscriptions)

Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, brown ink: tia. [?].

Inscription: Verso: lower centre, brown ink: di Luca Cambias.

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