Pope Gregory the Great with the dove, a view of Rome in the background
Maker
(artist)
1566-1651
1566-1651
Title
Pope Gregory the Great with the dove, a view of Rome in the background
Date of Production
1625 - 1630
Medium
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, red bodycolour, on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, laid down
Dimensions
Height: 41.5 cm
Width: 28.9 cm
Width: 28.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3411
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
George Guy, Earl of Warwick (1818-1893), L.2600; his estate sale, Christie’s (London), 20 - 21 May 1896, lot 32 (with one other); purchased there by Peter Gellatly, Essex and London (1831-1912); Dr Carl Robert Rudolf, London (1884-1974); acquired from him (in an exchange) by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Roethlisberger, Marcel G. and Marten Jan Bok, Abraham Bloemaert and his sons, Doornspijk 1993
p. 282 under no. 431-42 and no. D22 on p. 425
as "designed within some years after 1626"
Bolten, Jaap, Abraham Bloemaert c. 1565-1651: the drawings, 2007
no. 307 on pp. 121-22
fig. 307 on p. 155
p. 282 under no. 431-42 and no. D22 on p. 425
as "designed within some years after 1626"
Bolten, Jaap, Abraham Bloemaert c. 1565-1651: the drawings, 2007
no. 307 on pp. 121-22
fig. 307 on p. 155
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: lower centre: Strasburg bend above "4" above monogram "WR" (larger variant of Heawood 141 - England ca. 1598).
Inscription: Recto: lower centre edge, brown ink: "FSI" [per Bolten 2007, possibly an old collector's mark, and is found on several other sheets by Bloemaert, though not found in Lugt]; lower right edge, brown ink, signed by the artist: "Ab: Blomart". Verso (backing sheet): centre, graphite, circled: "1"; lower centre, graphite: "5".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Earl of Warwick (L.2600).
Inscription: Recto: lower centre edge, brown ink: "FSI" [per Bolten 2007, possibly an old collector's mark, and is found on several other sheets by Bloemaert, though not found in Lugt]; lower right edge, brown ink, signed by the artist: "Ab: Blomart". Verso (backing sheet): centre, graphite, circled: "1"; lower centre, graphite: "5".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Earl of Warwick (L.2600).
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