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Saint Francis Xavier's Vision of God the Father

Maker

(artist)
1600-1699

Formerly attributed to
Luis de Vargas (artist)
1505-1567

Title

Saint Francis Xavier's Vision of God the Father

Date of Production

1600-1633

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on brown (originally blue?) laid paper, laid down on a support

Dimensions

Height: 36.3 cm
Width: 24.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3783

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, 1920s, lot 133 (as by Luis de Vargas); F.A. Drey (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Véliz, Zahira, Spanish Drawings in the Courtauld Gallery: complete catalogue, London, 2011
no. 32
ill. on p. 127

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermarks: unable to see any through the support.

Collector's mark: none.

Inscription: Support (historic), Verso: lower centre, brown ink: “L de Vagas” and below that graphite inscriptions now erased and mostly illegible: “l[...] GH”; lower left corner, graphite, Drey inventory number?: “S.16.”

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