Study for The Conversion of Saint Paul
Maker
(artist)
1621-1676
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1628-1679
1621-1676
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1628-1679
Title
Study for The Conversion of Saint Paul
Date of Production
1600 - 1699
Medium
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, white bodycolour (now oxidised) on laid paper, laid down
Dimensions
Height: 25.9 cm
Width: 41.6 cm
Width: 41.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3592
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
Singer (?); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
French Drawings: XVI-XIX Centuries, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 04/07/1991-06/10/1991
Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 17/11/1962-22/12/1962
A selection of drawings from the Witt collection: French drawings c. 1600-c. 1800, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1962 ...More
French Master Drawings, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, 1962 ...Less
Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 17/11/1962-22/12/1962
A selection of drawings from the Witt collection: French drawings c. 1600-c. 1800, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1962 ...More
French Master Drawings, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, 1962 ...Less
Literature
French Drawings: XVI-XIX Centuries, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1991
no. 12, p. 32
ill. on p. 33 (b&w) and np (colour)
Anthony Blunt and Philip Troutman, Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, 1962
cat. no. 56
no. 12, p. 32
ill. on p. 33 (b&w) and np (colour)
Anthony Blunt and Philip Troutman, Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, 1962
cat. no. 56
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to backing sheet.
Inscription: Recto: lower right, brown ink, signed by the artist?: “Bourguignon”; lower right corner, brown ink: “lloca [?]”. Verso (backing sheet): lower left corner, graphite: “#1”.
Collector's mark: Verso (backing sheet): lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower right, brown ink, signed by the artist?: “Bourguignon”; lower right corner, brown ink: “lloca [?]”. Verso (backing sheet): lower left corner, graphite: “#1”.
Collector's mark: Verso (backing sheet): lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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