Studies of a figure seated on clouds
Maker
Attributed to
(artist)
1550-1628
Attributed to
(artist)
1519-1594
(artist)
1550-1628
Attributed to
(artist)
1519-1594
Title
Studies of a figure seated on clouds
Medium
chalk (black and red) on laid paper with an arched top, laid down on an historic mount (album page?)
Dimensions
Height: 29.3 cm
Width: 21.2 cm
Width: 21.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3722
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 Joshua Reynolds, London (1723-1792), L.2364 (lower left); his estate sale, Phillips (London), 5-22 March 1798, lot 878 (L.3016a on verso); possibly Benjamin Booth (1732-1807) [name 'Booth' appears in hidden inscription on mount, and Booth was a friend of Reynolds's]; if owned by Booth, then likely by descent through his family to Richard Ford (1796-1858) [see L.277a]; alternatively possibly owned by John Clerke, Lord Eldin (1757-1832) [mark on recto is possibly L.505]; Efim Schapiro, London (1899-1977); acquired from him (in an exchange) by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Inscription: Tintoretto
Inscription: Verso (hidden by mount, only vaugely visible via transmitted light and IR): upper centre, black chalk - indecipherable.
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto (hidden under drawing, only visible via transmitted light and IR): upper centre, ink: "Booth No. 3. fo. 12".
Collector's mark: Sir Joshua Reynolds (L.3016a).
Inscription: Venice / Giacomo Robusta called il Tintoretto / 1572-1594 / Titian //
Inscription: 18
Inscription: CC
Inscription: Tintoretto
Inscription: 812.
Inscription: 12 / F. Zuccaro? //
Inscription: 3 K
Inscription: From Sir Jos. Reynolds's Colln. / 15/ No.1713. //
Inscription: Fl. No6.
Inscription: 34 / zwo //
Inscription: Lot 878
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Joshua Reynolds (L.2364)
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
Inscription: Jacopo Palma, il giovane. / Italian 1544-1628 / Coll. Reynolds / Formerly ascribed to Tintoretto and to / F. Zuccaro / T.O. //
Inscription: Verso (hidden by mount, only vaugely visible via transmitted light and IR): upper centre, black chalk - indecipherable.
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto (hidden under drawing, only visible via transmitted light and IR): upper centre, ink: "Booth No. 3. fo. 12".
Collector's mark: Sir Joshua Reynolds (L.3016a).
Inscription: Venice / Giacomo Robusta called il Tintoretto / 1572-1594 / Titian //
Inscription: 18
Inscription: CC
Inscription: Tintoretto
Inscription: 812.
Inscription: 12 / F. Zuccaro? //
Inscription: 3 K
Inscription: From Sir Jos. Reynolds's Colln. / 15/ No.1713. //
Inscription: Fl. No6.
Inscription: 34 / zwo //
Inscription: Lot 878
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Joshua Reynolds (L.2364)
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
Inscription: Jacopo Palma, il giovane. / Italian 1544-1628 / Coll. Reynolds / Formerly ascribed to Tintoretto and to / F. Zuccaro / T.O. //
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