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Monk taken to execution in a tumbril

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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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)

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

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”.

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