Decorative panel made up of armour - a smaller drawing set into a niche within the larger drawing representing the same composition
Maker
After
(artist)
1499-1543
(artist)
1499-1543
Title
Decorative panel made up of armour - a smaller drawing set into a niche within the larger drawing representing the same composition
Medium
pen and grey ink, grey wash (larger drawing), pen and grey ink, grey and brown wash (smaller drawing set into niche) on laid paper, all laid down on a historic card support
Dimensions
Height: 19.8 cm
Width: 26.4 cm
Width: 26.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3498
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
armors
Provenance
an anonymous eighteenth-century collection; sale of that collection, Sotheby's (London), 2 February 1944, lot 71 (with 30 others); purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, for £14; Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to support.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, light brown ink, hard to read: “llafft” [?]. Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: “? Polidoro Caravaggio / 1490/1500-1543 / ? Cherubino Alberti, Popham //”.
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Recto: lower left, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, light brown ink, hard to read: “llafft” [?]. Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: “? Polidoro Caravaggio / 1490/1500-1543 / ? Cherubino Alberti, Popham //”.
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Recto: lower left, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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