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Recumbent draped female figure

Maker

Francesco Ruschi (artist)
c. 1600-1661 (Life dates)

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1526-1578

Title

Recumbent draped female figure

Date of Production

1540 - 1578

Medium

black and red chalk on laid paper, with irregular edges

Dimensions

Height: 28.1 cm
Width: 37.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4114

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

Matthiesen (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Stock Julien. Disegni veneti di collezioni inglesi. 1a. ed. Vicenza: N. Pozza; 1980.
cat. no. fig. 36
attributed to Giambattista Zelotti and dated to the Palazzo Chiericati ceiling (c.1558).

Meijer, Bert W., Il disegno Veneziano, 1580-1650. Ricostruzioni storico-artistiche, Florence 2017
pp. 423, 425-7
fig. 30.3 on p. 425

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: circle containing a fleur-de-lis, topped by a three-leaf clover (similar to Briquet 7129 but larger and without the countermark – Reggio-Emilia 1590-96).

Inscription: Recto: lower left of centre edge, brown ink: “ziloto”. Verso: on strip of paper added at left centre edge to repair a tear, graphite, cut off: “v / Quem g[…] / Adora[…] //”; lower left corner, on strip of paper added to repair a loss, brown ink: “Ziloto”.

Collector's mark: none.

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