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Altar

Maker

(artist)
1500-1599

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1501-1547

Title

Altar

Date of Production

1500-1599

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, laid down on a page from an album

Dimensions

Height: 28.5 cm
Width: 22 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.403

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

William Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney (1835-1909); by descent to his wife, Margaret Susan Mitford (1835-1919); her estate sale, London, Sotheby's, 14 December 1921, lot 36 (as by Perino, with nine others, including D.1952.RW.402 and 405); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (15 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Collector's mark: Support (page from a former album), Verso: lower right, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Inscription: Support (page from a former album), Recto: upper right corner, black crayon: “56”; along right edge, graphite, large and cut off: “GIOVANNI PIR[...]”; lower right and again at lower left, graphite, Witt number: “403”. Support (page from a former album), Verso: along left edge, graphite, large and cut off: “[...]OVANNI PIRRI[...]”.

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