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Female head - the Virgin in the Adoration

Maker

Workshop of
(artist)
1510-1592

Title

Medium

black and white chalk with some added wash on laid paper, a graphite and red chalk framing line on the left edge, and black chalk framing line on the right and lower edges are all partly trimmed away

Dimensions

Height: 24.6 cm
Width: 28 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3299

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

Hunbar (?); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 5 May 1940; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 22 June 1943, for £25; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, 23/01/1993-25/04/1993

Jacopo Bassano, Bassano del Grappa & Italy, 05/09/1992-06/12/1992

Literature

Rearick, William R., Il disegno veneziano del Cinquecento, 2001
p. 176

Jacopo Bassano, Museo Civico, Bassano del Grappa, 1992
no. 114

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, right centre: standing angel inscribed in a circle with a 6-pointed star above (see Briquet 639-670, dated 1538-1599, dimensions on this sheet approx. 70 mm high and 42 wide are closeset match to Briquet 640 dated 1538 but design is not exactly the same).

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)

Inscription: Recto: lower right edge, brown ink: [cut off and therefore illegible, only ascender visible. Checked under UV]; lower right, black chalk: "8" [?] Mount: Recto: lower left edge, brown ink: "No. 44 Giano. Bassano. in Chiesa a San Giorgio Maggiore di Venezia"; lower left edge, blue ink: "29" [written above previous "44"]

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