Altar
Maker
(artist)
1500-1599
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1501-1547
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
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[...]”.
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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