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Study for The Virgin and Child with Angels

Maker

(artist)
1575-1634

Title

Study for The Virgin and Child with Angels

Date of Production

(circa) 1618

Medium

red and black chalk with stumping on laid paper, squared for transfer in black chalk, the verso prepared in black chalk (examined under microscope)

Dimensions

Height: 14.9 cm
Width: 11.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3824

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







Label Text

Eugenio Cajés was one of the most versatile and prolific Spanish draughtsmen of the early seventeenth century. Using his distinctive chalk technique, he was able to achieve pictorial effects suitable for preparatory studies for paintings. This compositional study of the Virgin Mary adoring the sleeping Christ Child is closely related to a painting dated 1618 (now in the Prado, Madrid). The understated, tender piety of the scene is typical of the decorous devotional tone of religious art at the Habsburg court in Madrid.

Provenance

Robert Prioleau Roupell, London (1798-1886), L.2234; his estate sale, Christie’s (London), 12 - 14 July 1887, lot 756; purchased there by Alphonse Wyatt Thibaudau, London (1840-1893) [not listed in his 1889 sale]; John Postle Heseltine, London (1843-1929), L.1508; E.L. Paget; his sale, Christie's (London), 31 May 1946, lot 32; purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£6.6); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Narrative Folds (Pop-up exhibition), The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/06/2013-01/06/2013

The Spanish Line - From Ribera to Picasso, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 13/10/2011-15/01/2012

The golden age of Spanish art: from El Greco to Murillo and Valdes Leal: paintings and drawings from British Collections, Nottingham University Art Gallery, 11/02/1980-29/03/1980 ...More

Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1978 (March - May)

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

Literature

Véliz, Zahira, Spanish Drawings in the Courtauld Gallery: complete catalogue, London, 2011
no. 11
ill. on p. 77

Angulo Iñiguez, Diego and Alfonso E. Perez, A Corpus of Spanish Drawings, New York 1975-1988; 4 vols.
vol. II, p. 15, no. 19
pl. VII

The golden age of Spanish art: from El Greco to Murillo and Valdes Leal: paintings and drawings from British Collections, Nottingham University Art Gallery, 1980
cat. no. 10 ...More

Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1978 (March - May)
cat. no. 7

A selection of Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1956
cat. no. 15 ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Verso, lower centre: Latin cross in teardrop-shape, above a letter “P” [?] (close to Heawood 959 - Valencia, 1618).

Inscription: Verso: lower centre, graphite, 19th-century hand: “Eugenio Cajes”. Mount (removed, in portfolio from P&D): Recto: centre, brown ink: "Eugenio Caxes -"; lower right, graphite: “Om...[illegible] / Roupell coll. / Caxes / d. 15 Dec. 1634 / #3 ”

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left, stamped in red ink: John Postle Heseltine (L.1508); lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b); lower left corner, pen and brown ink: Robert Prioleau Roupell (L.2234). Mount (removed, in portfolio from P&D): Recto: centre, dark brown ink: Robert Prioleau Roupell (L.2234); centre, stamped in red ink: John Postle Heseltine (L.1508).

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