Virgin of the Immaculate Conception (recto)
Figure studies with a kneeling woman in profile (verso)
Maker
Alonso del Arco (artist)
1635-1704
1635-1704
Title
Virgin of the Immaculate Conception (recto)
Figure studies with a kneeling woman in profile (verso)
Figure studies with a kneeling woman in profile (verso)
Date of Production
1600 - 1699
Medium
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, some lines reinforced in black chalk, with black chalk framing lines (recto), black chalk (verso), on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 27.7 cm
Width: 17.3 cm
Width: 17.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.36
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 William Stirling Maxwell, London (1818-1878); by descent to his son, Sir John Stirling Maxwell, Glasgow (1866-1956); his sale, Sotheby's (London), 15 - 16 February 1921, lot 249; presumably purchased there by E. Parsons & Sons (London); their sale, cat. 38, 1921, lot 365; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt (1875-1952) (19 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1978 (March - May)
Literature
Véliz, Zahira, Spanish Drawings in the Courtauld Gallery: complete catalogue, London, 2011
no. 28
Illus. p. 115
Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1978 (March - May)
cat. no. 48
no. 28
Illus. p. 115
Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1978 (March - May)
cat. no. 48
Inscriptions
Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left, brown ink: "Alonzo del Arco".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left, brown ink: "Alonzo del Arco".
Collector's mark: none.
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