Monk carrying a cross
Maker
Circle of
(artist)
1598-1664
(artist)
1598-1664
Title
Monk carrying a cross
Date of Production
1600 - 1699
Medium
black and white chalk, on blue laid paper, a rope line across the centre (examined under microscope)
Dimensions
Height: 37.1 cm
Width: 28 cm
Width: 28 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3441
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
probably the Austrian dealer Otto Fröhlich (1872-1947); purchased from him by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d. (£20); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1978 (March - May)
A selection of Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1956
A selection of Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1956
Literature
A selection of Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1956
cat. no. 27
Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1978 (March - May)
cat. no. 16
Véliz, Zahira, Spanish Drawings in the Courtauld Gallery: complete catalogue, London, 2011
no. 38
ill. on p. 141
cat. no. 27
Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1978 (March - May)
cat. no. 16
Véliz, Zahira, Spanish Drawings in the Courtauld Gallery: complete catalogue, London, 2011
no. 38
ill. on p. 141
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: upper centre, a circle connected by a line to a single-line “x”; Countermark: lower centre: letter “I” and lopsided “T” separated by a stem and trefoil (closest to Briquet 3094 but the letters in the Countermark are not connected by a line, and there are no serifs on the “I” as in Briquet - Laibach, 1587; Trent, 1596; Messina, 1597).
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: none.
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