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Pope Gregory the Great with the dove, a view of Rome in the background

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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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

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).

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