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Flight into Egypt

Maker

Attributed to
Benedetto Caliari (artist)
1538-1598

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1510-1592

Title

Flight into Egypt

Date of Production

1552 - 1598

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, white bodycolour on blue laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 23.8 cm
Width: 24.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3585

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

Sir John Pope-Hennessy (1913-1994); F.A. Drey (London); acquired there in exchange by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, right centre: a circle topped by a trefoil, containing an angel (measures 53 x 39 cm and 20 cm between chain lines). See Piccard 21414-21420, mostly Italian marks dated 1560-1590, though no exact match.

Collector's mark: Recorded in Museum Plus but no longer visible on the drawing, so perhaps was on a former mount, verso: stamped in black:collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Inscription: Verso: right centre, brown ink: “Le gambe picolo / e longo e groso tropo“. Backing sheet (removed, in box of mounts in P&D): Recto: centre right, graphite: “25“; lower left, graphite: “VIII“; lower centre, brown ink: “D.P. no. 113“; lower centre right, graphite: "#14"; lower right, graphite: "Jacopo Bassano"

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