Two figures supporting a coat of arms
Maker
(artist)
1566-1624
Formerly attributed to
Pedro Núñez de Villavicencio (artist)
1640-1693
1566-1624
Formerly attributed to
Pedro Núñez de Villavicencio (artist)
1640-1693
Title
Two figures supporting a coat of arms
Medium
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, white bodycolour (now discoloured), squared in red chalk and graphite, on laid paper, cut into a lunette, laid down on a historic support
Dimensions
Height: 18.9 cm
Width: 20.2 cm
Width: 20.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3782
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
possibly Williams & Sutch (London); F.A. Drey (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Support (historic), Recto: upper left corner, graphite, erased: “130.”; upper right corner, brown ink: “3”. Support (historic), Verso: upper left edge, brown ink: “8 de Villavicina”; centre, graphite, faded and now mostly illegible: “not […]”; lower centre, graphite: “Nunez de Villavicencio / Seville 1635-1700 / Pupil of Murillo //”; lower right, graphite, underlined erased: “CW” (monogram – the same seen on drawings acquired from Williams & Sutch); lower left corner, graphite: “S.23”.
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Support (historic), Recto: upper left corner, graphite, erased: “130.”; upper right corner, brown ink: “3”. Support (historic), Verso: upper left edge, brown ink: “8 de Villavicina”; centre, graphite, faded and now mostly illegible: “not […]”; lower centre, graphite: “Nunez de Villavicencio / Seville 1635-1700 / Pupil of Murillo //”; lower right, graphite, underlined erased: “CW” (monogram – the same seen on drawings acquired from Williams & Sutch); lower left corner, graphite: “S.23”.
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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