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Martyrdom of Saint Peter (recto)

Maker

(artist)
1584-1669

Title

Date of Production

1600 - 1669

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, grey wash (recto), black chalk, pen and dark brown ink (verso), on brown laid paper, squared in black chalk (examined under microscope)

Dimensions

Height: 20.6 cm
Width: 29.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3818

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

Dr Carl Robert Rudolf, London (1884-1974), L.2811b; purchased from him (in part exchange) by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£12); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977-January 1978

Literature

Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977- January 1978
cat. no. 52

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 125

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: shield topped by a shell, containing a crossed banner, all above the letters “P P” (no match in Briquet, Heawood or Churchill).

Collector's mark: Verso: left lower edge, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b); lower right corner, Dr Carl Robert Rudolf (L.2811b).

Inscription: Verso: upper left, graphite underlined: “a”.

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