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Virgin of the Immaculate Conception (recto)
Figure studies with a kneeling woman in profile (verso)

Maker

Alonso del Arco (artist)
1635-1704

Title

Virgin of the Immaculate Conception (recto)
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

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

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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

Inscriptions

Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower left, brown ink: "Alonzo del Arco".

Collector's mark: none.

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