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Pilgrim - the young Saint James (?)

Maker

(artist)
1550-1606

Formerly attributed to
Francisco Ribalta (artist)
1565-1628

Title

Pilgrim - the young Saint James (?)

Medium

chalk (black), pen and ink (brown), wash (brown) on laid paper, laid down on a historic mount (the edges lifting)

Dimensions

Height: 12.8 cm
Width: 4.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.379

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

Sir Charles Greville (1763-1832), L.549; by descent to his nephew, George Guy, the 4th Earl of Warwick (1818-1893), L.2600; probably his sale, Christie's (London), 20-21 May 1896, lot 41 (with 2 others); purchased there by Murray (?); F.R. Meatyard (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£1); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970

A selection of Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1956

Literature

Brooks, Julian, The drawings of Andrea Boscoli (c.1560–1608), PhD thesis, University of Oxford 1999; 1
p. 347

Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970
cat. no. 22

A selection of Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1956
cat. no. 13

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Collector's mark: collector's mark of Charles Greville (L.549)

Collector's mark: collector's mark of Earl of Warwick (L.2600)

Inscription: S

Inscription: M

Inscription: 879 / 379 //

Inscription: opmt-

Inscription: vd/-

Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)

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