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Matyrdom of Saint James the Lesser

Maker

(artist)
1625-1704

Title

Matyrdom of Saint James the Lesser

Date of Production

1640 - 1704

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, laid down on Japanese tissue

Dimensions

Height: 37.3 cm
Width: 27.1 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3688

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

Efim Schapiro, London (1899-1977); acquired from him in exchange (for a drawing by Perino del Vaga) by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: two small mounds diagonally adjacent to each other (nothing similar in Briquet or Heawood - see sketch in file).

Collector's mark: none.

Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, on banner held by angels at upper left, brown ink: “FVSTE FVLLONIS PERCVSSO DIVO” [‘struck by God with a club’, description of James the Lesser’s martyrdom]. Verso (hidden under Japanese tissue, visible via transmitted light): right lower edge, graphite: “43 Cosimo Ulivelli”.

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