Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist
Maker
(artist)
1585-1644
Formerly attributed to
Bartolomeo Morelli (artist)
1674-1703
1585-1644
Formerly attributed to
Bartolomeo Morelli (artist)
1674-1703
Title
Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist
Date of Production
(circa) 1635
Medium
red and black chalk with added wash, pen and brown ink on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, laid down
Dimensions
Height: 16.5 cm
Width: 13.1 cm
Width: 13.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3780
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
Sidney Herbert, Earl of Pembroke (1853-1913); F.A. Drey (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, brown ink: “Morelli“. Verso: upper centre, brown ink, crossed out and erased so difficult to read:“[...]larato / belano [?]“; lower left edge, graphite, circled, Drey inventory number: “J 11“. Witt mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite, Witt’s hand: “Bartolomeo Morelli (Il pianoro) / Italian. op 1664 - m 1703 / Coll. Earl of Pembroke“.
Collector's mark: Verso, lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, brown ink: “Morelli“. Verso: upper centre, brown ink, crossed out and erased so difficult to read:“[...]larato / belano [?]“; lower left edge, graphite, circled, Drey inventory number: “J 11“. Witt mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite, Witt’s hand: “Bartolomeo Morelli (Il pianoro) / Italian. op 1664 - m 1703 / Coll. Earl of Pembroke“.
Collector's mark: Verso, lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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