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Conversion of Saint Paul (recto)

Maker

Jan Swart van Groningen (artist)
1500-1562

Title

Conversion of Saint Paul (recto)

Date of Production

1500 - 1599

Medium

pen and brown ink, grey wash, white bodycolour, on grey-washed laid paper, with brown ink framing lines partly trimmed away (recto), pen and brown ink, brown wash, on laid paper (verso)

Dimensions

Height: 19.5 cm
Width: 28.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.335

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

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Provenance

possibly Thomas Thane, London (1782-1846), L.2461; William Esdaile, London (1758-1837), L.2617, 1814; Twenty-One Gallery (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d. (£6); Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: lower centre: a he-goat (variant of Piccard 85708 - Dorpat, 1547).

Inscription: Verso: lower left, graphite: "T Th" [L.2461?]; lower centre, brown ink: "a.b / 7 //"; lower left edge, brown ink, Esdaile's hand: "1814 WE P 99 N 290".

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left, graphite: possibly Thomas Thane (L.2461, though doesn't exactly match); lower left, brown ink, included in inscription transcribed above: William Esdaile (L.2617).

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