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Lamentation over the body of Christ

Maker

Attributed to
Italy (Siena) 16th century (artist)
1500-1599

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1529-1566

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1555-1619

Title

Lamentation over the body of Christ

Date of Production

1500 - 1599

Medium

pen and brown ink, brown wash, white bodycolour on blue laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, on a historic mount

Dimensions

Height: 34.7 cm
Width: 24 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4025

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

Francis Abbott, Edinburgh (1801-1893), L.970; Louis Roger, Ghent (1874-1953?); Beaux Arts Gallery (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (as by Lodovico Carracci); Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left, graphite, written over L.2228b: “BK/-/-”; lower right, graphite: arrow pointing up at L.970 / “#9 //”. Mount (historic), Verso: upper left, black ink: “Lodovico Carraci – né 1555 mort 1619 / Carraci (Lud) Le Christ descendu de la Croix. / Dessin à la plume et au lavis lelevé de gouache. / Collection de feu Mr. Louis Roger, artiste sculpteur statuaire, / à Gand. //”.

Collector's mark: Recto and on Mount (historic), Recto: lower right, blindstamped: Francis Abbott (L.970). Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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