Salome receiving the head of John the Baptist (recto)
Maker
Attributed to
(artist)
1566-1651
(artist)
1566-1651
Title
Salome receiving the head of John the Baptist (recto)
Date of Production
1620 - 1630?
Medium
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, white bodycolour (recto), black chalk with stumping (verso) on laid paper, cut into an arch
Dimensions
Height: 41 cm
Width: 54.8 cm
Width: 54.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3357
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
Frederik Muller & Cie (Amsterdam), 22 February 1871, lot 4; William Bates, Birmingham (1824-1884), L.2604; Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b; Witt Bequest 1952 Muller's auction as a 'possible' addition to provenance supplied by Bolten 2007 p. 65.
Literature
Roethlisberger, Marcel G. and Marten Jan Bok, Abraham Bloemaert and his sons, Doornspijk 1993
p. 82 under no. 32
as "datable 1600/10"
Bolten, Jaap, Abraham Bloemaert c. 1565-1651: the drawings, 2007
no. 142 on pp. 65-66
fig. 142 on p. 81
p. 82 under no. 32
as "datable 1600/10"
Bolten, Jaap, Abraham Bloemaert c. 1565-1651: the drawings, 2007
no. 142 on pp. 65-66
fig. 142 on p. 81
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto, right centre: shield with two bends above a "W" (not found in Churchill, Heawood or Piccard).
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink, signed by the artist: "A. Bloemart". Verso: upper centre, on added strip of paper, brown ink, unclear: "7 183 [the "3" superscript] à gosre [?] / 9 28 8 gre [?] //"; quill testing marks at left of centre; lower centre edge, red ink: "(Abrah.) / A. Bloemaert + in Utrecht 1647."; lower right corner, graphite: "No. 726"; lower right edge, brown ink: "N.40"; lower right corner, brown ink, partially hidden under edge: "17.Ai [?]".
Label: Verso: adhered to lower right edge, printed in black ink: "BLOEMAERT, ABRAHAM, b. at Gorcum, in 1564; d. at Utrecht, 1647. Painter and / engraver. Studied under Franz Floris, better colourist than designer. Chiefly occupied / classical subjects. (Flemish School.) //".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, stamped in red ink: William Bates (L.2604). Verso: lower right corner, on added strip of paper, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink, signed by the artist: "A. Bloemart". Verso: upper centre, on added strip of paper, brown ink, unclear: "7 183 [the "3" superscript] à gosre [?] / 9 28 8 gre [?] //"; quill testing marks at left of centre; lower centre edge, red ink: "(Abrah.) / A. Bloemaert + in Utrecht 1647."; lower right corner, graphite: "No. 726"; lower right edge, brown ink: "N.40"; lower right corner, brown ink, partially hidden under edge: "17.Ai [?]".
Label: Verso: adhered to lower right edge, printed in black ink: "BLOEMAERT, ABRAHAM, b. at Gorcum, in 1564; d. at Utrecht, 1647. Painter and / engraver. Studied under Franz Floris, better colourist than designer. Chiefly occupied / classical subjects. (Flemish School.) //".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, stamped in red ink: William Bates (L.2604). Verso: lower right corner, on added strip of paper, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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