The Three Kings before Herod
Maker
(artist)
1500-1599
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1548-1628
1500-1599
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1548-1628
Title
The Three Kings before Herod
Medium
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, hinged at the left to a historic mount
Dimensions
Height: 32.3 cm
Width: 23.6 cm
Width: 23.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3469
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
Heinrich Wilhelm Campe, Leipzig (1770-1862), L.1391; by descent to his daughter, Mrs Sophie Hasse, Göttingen; by descent to Karl Ewald Hasse (1810-1902); by descent to Professor E. Ehlers; his wife's sale, C.G. Boerner (Leipzig) 9-10 May 1930, lot 539; purchased there by Heise, Harison & Co. on behalf of Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 18 January 1944 (£20); Witt Bequest 1952 See Long Description for more information.
Literature
Turner, Jane Shoaf and Christopher White, Dutch and Flemish drawings in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London 2014
vol. II, p. 499 under no. 599
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 133
C.G. Boerner (Leipzig), Handzeichnung des XVI. bis XVIII. Jahrhunderts, 9-10 May 1930
no. 539
pl. XLVIII
vol. II, p. 499 under no. 599
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 133
C.G. Boerner (Leipzig), Handzeichnung des XVI. bis XVIII. Jahrhunderts, 9-10 May 1930
no. 539
pl. XLVIII
Inscriptions
Watermark: none.
Inscription: Verso: centre, graphite: “12”; lower centre, black ink: “Candidi_15”; lower left, graphite, including Colnaghi number: “P. CandiD. / 321 / A.5954”. Mount (historic), Recto: right centre edge, graphite: "14 B"; lower right (under the drawing), graphite: “Peter de Witte, genant Canditto, geb. Brügge / 1548. mit Vasari matte er in Ohln als grever / in gräbzlt. Paltast [?], in wie in Brezern w. in / Baeiern, Sadler, Kritian, David n. A. haben / nach ihm gestocken / P. Candidi / 321.”.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, blindstamped: Heinrich Wilhelm Campe (L.1391). Verso: lower left, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: centre, graphite: “12”; lower centre, black ink: “Candidi_15”; lower left, graphite, including Colnaghi number: “P. CandiD. / 321 / A.5954”. Mount (historic), Recto: right centre edge, graphite: "14 B"; lower right (under the drawing), graphite: “Peter de Witte, genant Canditto, geb. Brügge / 1548. mit Vasari matte er in Ohln als grever / in gräbzlt. Paltast [?], in wie in Brezern w. in / Baeiern, Sadler, Kritian, David n. A. haben / nach ihm gestocken / P. Candidi / 321.”.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, blindstamped: Heinrich Wilhelm Campe (L.1391). Verso: lower left, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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