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Allegorical subject

Maker

Circle of
(artist)
1614-1685

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1632-1690

Title

Allegorical subject

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

black and red chalk with stumping on laid paper, with graphite framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 13.2 cm
Width: 18.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.356

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

Reader (?); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d. (£1.5); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1978 (March - May)

Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943

Literature

Véliz, Zahira, Spanish Drawings in the Courtauld Gallery: complete catalogue, London, 2011
no. 17
Illus. p. 89

Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1978 (March - May)
cat. no. 50

Mayer, August L., 'Los dibujos espanoles de la coleccion Witt en Londres' in 'Arte Espanol', 1926-27 - pp. 2-4; VIII, 1
p. 3

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Collector's mark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, grey-brown ink, 17th-century hand: “Donoso f.”. Verso: upper centre edge, brown ink, cut off and abraded: “18& [?]”.

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