Allegorical female figure
Maker
(artist)
1550-1628
1550-1628
Title
Allegorical female figure
Medium
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, white bodycolour (now discoloured) on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 33.9 cm
Width: 20.4 cm
Width: 20.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.371
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
James Wadmore, London (1782-1853); his estate sale, Christie's (London), 8-10 May 1854; Dr Barry Delany, Kilkenny (1815-1888), L.350; F.R. Meatyard (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d. (£1); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Ivanoff, Nicola and Pietro Zampetti, Giacomo Negretti detto Palma Il Giovane, Bergamo 1980
no. 428 on p. 595
Illus. p. 730
no. 428 on p. 595
Illus. p. 730
Inscriptions
Inscription: -A Figure of Peace- / Jacopo Palma Il Giovine / B. 1544 D. 1628.
Inscription: (at Mr. Wadmore's Sale May 8. 1854.)
Inscription: = Barry Delany
Collector's mark: Barry Delany (L.350)
Watermark: centre: encircled fleur-de-lis shaped like a dagger, with the hilt extending beyond the circle and ending in a knob.
Inscription: (at Mr. Wadmore's Sale May 8. 1854.)
Inscription: = Barry Delany
Collector's mark: Barry Delany (L.350)
Watermark: centre: encircled fleur-de-lis shaped like a dagger, with the hilt extending beyond the circle and ending in a knob.
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