Sheet of studies with a seated man reading and two cherubim
Maker
(artist)
1591-1652
1591-1652
Title
Sheet of studies with a seated man reading and two cherubim
Date of Production
1620-1629
Medium
pen and brown ink on laid paper, the upper corners cut
Dimensions
Height: 18 cm
Width: 11.4 cm
Width: 11.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.367
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 Peter Lely, London (1618-1680), L.2092; Walker Galleries (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£3.5); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Between Heaven and Hell: The Drawings of Jusepe de Ribera, Meadows Museum, Dallas, 12/03/2017-11/06/2017
Special Display - Peter Lely - The Draughtsman and his Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 24/09/2012-13/01/2013
The Spanish Line - From Ribera to Picasso, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 13/10/2011-15/01/2012 ...More
Jusepe de Ribera 1591-1652, Prado, Madrid and Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 02/06/1992-29/11/1992
Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1978 (March - May) ...Less
Special Display - Peter Lely - The Draughtsman and his Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 24/09/2012-13/01/2013
The Spanish Line - From Ribera to Picasso, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 13/10/2011-15/01/2012 ...More
Jusepe de Ribera 1591-1652, Prado, Madrid and Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 02/06/1992-29/11/1992
Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1978 (March - May) ...Less
Literature
Finaldi, Gabriele, Jusepe de Ribera The Drawings - Catalogue raisonne, Meadows Museum, SMU; Museo Nacional del Prado; Fundacion Focus 2016
no. 43
Illus. p. 137
Véliz, Zahira, Spanish Drawings in the Courtauld Gallery: complete catalogue, London, 2011
no. 78
Illus. p. 225
Finaldi, Gabriele, Aspects of the life and work of Jusepe de Ribera (1591-1652), PhD thesis, Courtauld Institute of Art, London 1995
p. 308, no. 138 ...More
Jusepe de Ribera 1591-1652, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1992
cat. no. 100
no. 100
Illus. p. 214
Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1978 (March - May)
cat. no. 14
Brown, Jonathan, 'More drawings by Jusepe de Ribera' in 'Master Drawings', 1974 - pp. 367-72; XII, 4
no. 8 on p. 369
Illus. pl. 29b ...Less
no. 43
Illus. p. 137
Véliz, Zahira, Spanish Drawings in the Courtauld Gallery: complete catalogue, London, 2011
no. 78
Illus. p. 225
Finaldi, Gabriele, Aspects of the life and work of Jusepe de Ribera (1591-1652), PhD thesis, Courtauld Institute of Art, London 1995
p. 308, no. 138 ...More
Jusepe de Ribera 1591-1652, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1992
cat. no. 100
no. 100
Illus. p. 214
Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1978 (March - May)
cat. no. 14
Brown, Jonathan, 'More drawings by Jusepe de Ribera' in 'Master Drawings', 1974 - pp. 367-72; XII, 4
no. 8 on p. 369
Illus. pl. 29b ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, brown ink: “del Spagnoletto da Napoli”. Verso: lower right corner, brown ink: “4.1.” (According to notes in the file, below this is written “1.3.”, but this is no longer evident, if it was there).
Collector's mark: Recto: right lower edge, stamped in black ink: Sir Peter Lely (L.2092). Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, brown ink: “del Spagnoletto da Napoli”. Verso: lower right corner, brown ink: “4.1.” (According to notes in the file, below this is written “1.3.”, but this is no longer evident, if it was there).
Collector's mark: Recto: right lower edge, stamped in black ink: Sir Peter Lely (L.2092). Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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