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Saint Claude kneeling in prayer

Maker

(artist)
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

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).

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