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Group of five women and a warrior

Maker

Attributed to
(artist)
ca. 1509-1571 (Life dates)

Follower of
(artist)
1511-1574

Title

Date of Production

1500 - 1599

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash and white bodycolour on blue laid paper, laid down on a historic mount; the main figural group (not the background figures or landscape) has been pricked for transfer

Dimensions

Height: 22.6 cm
Width: 32.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3168

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

Jonathan Richardson, the elder, London (1665-1745); Richard Houlditch (d.1736), L.2214 (lower right); possibly his estate sale, Langford (London), 12-14 February 1760, 2nd night, lot 15 ("Three by Nic. de l'Abati, P. Veronese, &c." bought by Reynolds); Lionel Lucas, London (1822-1862); Dr Barry Delany, Kilkenny (1815-1888); his sale, Sotheby's (London), 5 June 1872 lot?; Henry Oppenheimer, London (1859-1932); his estate sale, Christie's (London), 10 - 14 July 1936, lot 13 (with 1 other); purchased there by Colnaghi (London), for 10 guineas (for the lot); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 12 November 1942 (£7); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

16th Century Italian Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1969

Inscriptions

Inscription: Nicolo del Abate.

Inscription: 1741.

Collector's mark: collector's mark of Richard Houlditch (L.2214)

Collector's mark: collector's mark of Barry Delany (L.350)

Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)

Inscription: 5

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