Saint Claude kneeling in prayer
Maker
(artist)
1598-1688
1598-1688
Title
Saint Claude kneeling in prayer
Date of Production
1600 - 1699
Medium
black, red, white and yellow chalk, graphite, on laid paper, incised for transfer, with brown ink framing lines, laid down on a historic mount
Dimensions
Height: 37.8 cm
Width: 27.8 cm
Width: 27.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4140
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
J.H.J. Mellaert (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to mount.
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: upper right corner, graphite: “N 168”; lower left graphite: “Engraved / 1664 //”; lower right corner, brown ink: “C: Melan-”.
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped three times in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: upper right corner, graphite: “N 168”; lower left graphite: “Engraved / 1664 //”; lower right corner, brown ink: “C: Melan-”.
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped three times in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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