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Miraculous Mass of Saint Martin of Tours

Maker

(artist)
1600-1699

Formerly attributed to
Alonso de Mesa (artist)
1628-1668

Title

Miraculous Mass of Saint Martin of Tours

Date of Production

(circa) 1595 - 1630

Medium

traces of black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, laid down on a mount

Dimensions

Height: 20.3 cm
Width: 14 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.40

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


liturgy

Provenance

Sir William Stirling Maxwell, London (1818-1878); by descent to his son, Sir John Stirling Maxwell, Glasgow (1866-1956); his sale, Sotheby's (London), 15 - 16 February 1921, lot 249; presumably purchased there by E. Parsons & Sons (London); their sale, cat. 38, 1921, lot 389 (as by Mesa); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt (1875-1952) (£1.9); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Véliz, Zahira, Spanish Drawings in the Courtauld Gallery: complete catalogue, London, 2011
no. 85
Illus. p. 243

Angulo Iñiguez, Diego and Alfonso E. Perez, A Corpus of Spanish Drawings, New York 1975-1988; 4 vols.
vol. III, p. 83, no. 434
Illus. pl. CXL

Inscriptions

Watermark: unable to check due to mount.

Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left, graphite: “Alonzo de Mesa”.

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

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