Saint James Apostle
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Image: Courtauld
Image: Courtauld
Maker
(artist)
1627-1697
1627-1697
Title
Saint James Apostle
Date of Production
1662
Medium
black chalk on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines
Dimensions
Width: 16.4 cm
Height: 29 cm
Height: 29 cm
Object Number
D.1952.RW.3139
Mode of Acquisition
Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952
Credit
Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: foolscap above a triangle above three stacked circles (approx. 11.5 cm high, no exact match in Churchill, Heawood or Piccard).
Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, on scroll at lower left, black chalk, signed and dated by the artist: "Epistel / Brieff / Geschreven door den / H. Apostel / Jacobús //" and below that, first three letters in monogram "JDBraÿ 1662 7/27 //".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, on scroll at lower left, black chalk, signed and dated by the artist: "Epistel / Brieff / Geschreven door den / H. Apostel / Jacobús //" and below that, first three letters in monogram "JDBraÿ 1662 7/27 //".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Provenance
Anton Mensing, Amsterdam (1866-1936); his estate sale, Frederik Muller & Cie (Amsterdam), 24 - 29 April 1937, lot 93; purchased there by Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 27 October 1942 (£10); Witt Bequest 1952
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