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Mass for souls in purgatory

Maker

Filippo Bellini (artist)
1550-1603

Formerly attributed to
Giorgio Picchi (artist)
1550-1599

Title

Mass for souls in purgatory

Date of Production

(circa) 1572 - 1585

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink and brown wash on laid paper, squared in graphite, with brown ink framing lines, laid down and then laid down on a paper support; the upper edge and left upper corner made up

Dimensions

Height: 26.7 cm
Width: 17.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3840

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

Efim Schapiro, London (1899-1977); given by him to Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Goguel, Catherine Monbeig, 'Filippo Bellini da Urbino della Scuola del Baroccio' in 'Master Drawings', Winter 1975 - 347-70 and 405-24; 13, 4
no. 32, p. 364
pl. 2
see attached PDF

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: unable to check through multiple secondary supports.

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

Inscription: ex G. Picchi Filippo BELLINI T.O.

Inscription: Verso (backing sheet - only able to be partially lifted from the paper support so can just see lower edge but was photographed for IMAF): upper left, graphite: "4"; lower left, graphite: "Giorgio Picchi"; lower right, graphite: "open #3".

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