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Study for the infant John the Baptist (recto)

Maker

(artist)
1610-1670

Title

Study for the infant John the Baptist (recto)

Medium

red chalk (recto and verso) on brown-prepared laid paper, with graphite framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 27.1 cm
Width: 19.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3080

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; Spencer (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Verso: upper centre, brown ink: “2”; upper right, red chalk: “K557”; upper centre, brown ink: “Giovan andrea Sirani”; lower right corner, graphite: “#2”.

Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in blue ink: Giuseppe Vallardi (L.1223).

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