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Madonna of the Rosary

Maker

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1680-1764

Title

Madonna of the Rosary

Date of Production

1700 - 1799

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, framed with black chalk lines; also covered with accidental ink splatter; executed using a ruler and compass, as attested to by numerous prick holes

Dimensions

Height: 50.2 cm
Width: 29 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3594

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

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Provenance

Singer (?); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Special Display - Neapolitan drawings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 06/10/2011-26/01/2012

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: upper centre: a circle - unable to see what it contains as obscured by Madonna's head.

Inscription: Recto: left lower edge, black chalk "Qui"; lower left corner, brown ink, signed?: "S. Concha". Verso: lower right corner, graphite, Witt’s hand: “Sebastiano Conca 1680-1764 / Naples – Rome / study for the Madonna del Rosario in / S. Clemente, Rome / (see Voss, Barokmalerei / in Rom, p. 381)”; lower right corner, graphite: “#2”.

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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