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Christ descending into Limbo (recto)

Maker

(?)
1625-1684

After
(artist)
1555-1619

Title

Christ descending into Limbo (recto)

Medium

red chalk and brown wash with black ink framing lines (recto), red chalk (verso), on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 32.8 cm
Width: 25 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3839

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 Thomas Lawrence, London (1769-1830); Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952); Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, dark brown: Canuti No 20

Inscription: Verso: measurements accompanying the drawings, red chalk: 5 x 1/2 [...] largheza p 16_dg- [...].

Inscription: Verso: upper left, graphite: 159.

Inscription: Verso: lower centre and lower right, graphite, last number crossed through: A. Bolonnais / T. Lawrence Coll. / Coll Lawrence / D.M. Canuti / #4 / 622 / 2559 .

Inscription: Verso: lower centre edge, brown ink: Canuti..

Collector's mark: Recto: lower left, blindstamped: Sir Thomas Lawrence (L.2445).

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Watermark: Recto: left centre: circle containing rampant lion or griffin?

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