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Monk carrying a cross

Maker

Circle of
(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

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

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

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.

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