Noli Me Tangere
Maker
(artist)
1527-1585
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
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
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.
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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