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Saint Matthew and the angel (recto)

Maker

Copy after

1528-1592

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1599-1661

Title

Medium

red chalk with stumping (recto - part counterproof?), black chalk with stumping and red chalk offset (verso), on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 38.7 cm
Width: 21.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3487

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

unidentified collector, L.2908; an anonymous eighteenth-century collection; sale of that collection, Sotheby's (London), 2 February 1944, lot 88 (with five others); purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), for £11; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower right edge, graphite: “Andrea Sacchi”; lower right edge, brown ink: “:A:f:”. Verso: upper left edge, brown ink: “309- RW [monogram, not on Lugt]”; left upper edge, light brown ink: “A:f:” [not on Lugt]; upper left, graphite: “1-6”; lower right edge, graphite: “Andrea Sacchi”.

Collector's mark: Recto: lower right, stamped in black ink: unidentified collector (L.2908).

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