Miracle of Saint Bernard blessing the poor's loaves
Maker
(artist)
1654-1714
1654-1714
Title
Miracle of Saint Bernard blessing the poor's loaves
Date of Production
1670 - 1714
Medium
pen and brown ink, brown and red wash, white bodycolour on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines partly trimmed away, laid down
Dimensions
Height: 36 cm
Width: 21.4 cm
Width: 21.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3626
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
Beaux Arts Gallery (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Graf, Dieter, Die Handzeichnungen des Giuseppe Passeri, Dusseldorf 1995
p. 119 under no. 371
fig. 85
p. 119 under no. 371
fig. 85
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: within drawing, on banner at upper right, brown ink: CURAM ILLIUS ABES.
Inscription: Recto: lower right, graphite: Passari.
Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): centre, graphite: 18 5/8 x 12 7/8.
Inscription: Verso (backing sheet), lower centre, graphite: Passari.
Collector's mark: none.
Watermark: none evident in the drawing sheet. Backing sheet (historic): Verso, lower left: circle with double border containing a fleur-de-lis, above is the letter “V” (larger variant of Heawood 1591 – Venice 1690).
Inscription: Recto: lower right, graphite: Passari.
Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): centre, graphite: 18 5/8 x 12 7/8.
Inscription: Verso (backing sheet), lower centre, graphite: Passari.
Collector's mark: none.
Watermark: none evident in the drawing sheet. Backing sheet (historic): Verso, lower left: circle with double border containing a fleur-de-lis, above is the letter “V” (larger variant of Heawood 1591 – Venice 1690).
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