Monk taken to execution in a tumbril
Maker
(artist)
1576-1638
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1560-1608
1576-1638
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1560-1608
Title
Monk taken to execution in a tumbril
Date of Production
1626-1632
Medium
black chalk, brown wash, white bodycolour, on blue laid paper, squared in black chalk, laid down on a support, with brown ink framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 18.1 cm
Width: 26 cm
Width: 26 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3778
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
E. Parsons & Sons, cat. 46, around 1927, lot 123; F.A. Drey (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
The golden age of Spanish art: from El Greco to Murillo and Valdes Leal: paintings and drawings from British Collections, Nottingham University Art Gallery, 11/02/1980-29/03/1980
Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1978 (March - May)
Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1978 (March - May)
Literature
Véliz, Zahira, Spanish Drawings in the Courtauld Gallery: complete catalogue, London, 2011
no. 15
ill. on p. 85
Angulo Iñiguez, Diego and Alfonso E. Perez, A Corpus of Spanish Drawings, New York 1975-1988; 4 vols.
vol. II, p. 41, no. 208
pl. LVI
The golden age of Spanish art: from El Greco to Murillo and Valdes Leal: paintings and drawings from British Collections, Nottingham University Art Gallery, 1980
cat. no. 18 ...More
Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1978 (March - May)
cat. no. 11 ...Less
no. 15
ill. on p. 85
Angulo Iñiguez, Diego and Alfonso E. Perez, A Corpus of Spanish Drawings, New York 1975-1988; 4 vols.
vol. II, p. 41, no. 208
pl. LVI
The golden age of Spanish art: from El Greco to Murillo and Valdes Leal: paintings and drawings from British Collections, Nottingham University Art Gallery, 1980
cat. no. 18 ...More
Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1978 (March - May)
cat. no. 11 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: hand with separate fingers (resembles in type Heawood 2447, though is larger - Madrid, 1627).
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left, light brown ink: “8R.”; lower right edge, red crayon: “+”. Support (historic), Verso: lower centre, graphite, erased and now illegible: “[...] E[...]g”; lower left, graphite, over an earlier erased inscription: Bartolommeo Carducho / Spanish School / 1560-1608”; lower right edge, graphite, circled, Drey inventory number?: “S.39”.
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left, light brown ink: “8R.”; lower right edge, red crayon: “+”. Support (historic), Verso: lower centre, graphite, erased and now illegible: “[...] E[...]g”; lower left, graphite, over an earlier erased inscription: Bartolommeo Carducho / Spanish School / 1560-1608”; lower right edge, graphite, circled, Drey inventory number?: “S.39”.
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