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Two figures supporting a coat of arms

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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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).

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