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Miracle of Saint Bernard blessing the poor's loaves

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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).

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