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Sheet of studies with a seated man reading and two cherubim

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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

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).

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