Studies after three sculptures of angels
Maker
(artist)
1642-1709
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1598-1680
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
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
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).
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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