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Study for 'The Judgment of Solomon' (recto)

Maker

Follower of
(artist)
1528-1588

Title

Study for 'The Judgment of Solomon' (recto)

Date of Production

1650 - 1799

Medium

pen and brown ink, brown wash (recto and verso) on buff laid paper, hinged at left to a historical support, loss of both right corners, the lower right corner having been filled in on the support with a separate piece of paper

Dimensions

Height: 14.2 cm
Width: 18 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.348

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

Spencer (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1922 (Oct - Dec)

Literature

Suida, William E., 'Paolo Veronese and his circle: some unpublished works' in 'Art Quarterly', Summer 1945 - 175-187
p. 181
Illus. no. 9, p. 180

Inscriptions

Watermark: Support (historic), Verso: lower left edge: fragments of ‘x’s and an ornamental motif.

Inscription: Support (historical), Recto (under drawing): upper left, graphite, erased and hard to read: “E / Caravaggio (G[…]anda)”; lower right corner, graphite: “T.O.”.

Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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