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Finding of the True Cross

Maker

(artist)
1569-1633

Title

Finding of the True Cross

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, white bodycolour on laid paper, squared in black chalk, laid down

Dimensions

Height: 26.1 cm
Width: 19.1 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3321

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

Sir Thomas Lawrence, London (1769-1830), L.2445; Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, brown ink: 9 [Crozat number? Does not appear in Bernadette Py's catalogue of Italian drawings owned by Crozat, and she did identify a Cantarini drawing at the Louvre, INV. 8993, which has a Crozat number "9" (although Crozat numbers often appear multiple times): http://mini-site.louvre.fr/trimestriel/2015/Catalogue_Crozat/index.html.]

Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): lower centre edge, graphite: Lucio Massari

Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): lower right corner, graphite: #4

Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, blindstamped: Sir Thomas Lawrence (L.2445).

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

Watermark: Recto: left lower edge: fragment of a circle containing a scallop-shaped leaf or flower.

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