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Studies after three sculptures of angels

Maker

(artist)
1642-1709

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1598-1680

Title

Studies after three sculptures of angels

Medium

red chalk on laid paper, laid down on a historic mount

Dimensions

Height: 21.2 cm
Width: 32 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3047

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

Charles Rogers, London (1711-1784), L.624 or L.625; Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Montagu, Jennifer, Roman Baroque Sculpture: the industry of art, New Haven and London 1989
pp. 176-78
ill. on p. 177, fig. 245

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none evident, though difficult to see through mount.

Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, blue crayon: “102R” [the ‘R’ superscript and underlined]; lower left, graphite, including Witt number: “3047 7 (B. ay / Fi” [?]; lower centre, red ink, Rogers' hand?: “Cav. Bernino.”; lower right, graphite, sideways: “25”; lower right corner, graphite: “Coll. Rogers.”. Mount (Rogers'), Verso: upper left corner, blue crayon: “x”; upper centre, blue crayon: “No 102R” [the ‘R’ superscript and underlined]; upper right, graphite, large: “7397”; upper right corner, dark brown ink, shaky and hard to read: “DWG”; lower right corner, graphite: “#3”; lower right corner, graphite, upside down: “48/14”.

Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Charles Rogers (L.624 or L.625).

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