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Allegorical female figure

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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.

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