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Assumption of the Virgin

Maker

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1625-1713

Title

Assumption of the Virgin

Medium

red chalk on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, laid down on an historic mount

Dimensions

Height: 28 cm
Width: 40 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3949

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

F.A. Drey (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Italian Drawings of the 17th and 18th Centuries from the Witt
Collection
, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/03/1971-01/04/1971

Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970

Literature

Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970
cat. no. 43

Inscriptions

Inscription: Verso (hidden by mount, visible via transmitted light): lower centre, brown ink, upside down:Netunno di Nicoló Barettoni é Studi di Giuseppe Chiari. Transmitted light reveals more ink writing at the Verso, upper left corner, but unable to read it as is smudged.

Inscription: Mount (historic), Verso: upper left corner, graphite: #12.

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

Watermark: none evident in the drawing sheet. Mount (historic), Verso: centre: “J WHATMAN”.

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