Mass for souls in purgatory
Maker
Filippo Bellini (artist)
1550-1603
Formerly attributed to
Giorgio Picchi (artist)
1550-1599
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
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
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".
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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