Saint Jerome in the wilderness
Maker
(artist)
1523-1589
1523-1589
Title
Saint Jerome in the wilderness
Date of Production
1540 - 1591
Medium
pen and brown ink, black chalk wash, on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 19.5 cm
Width: 18.5 cm
Width: 18.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4141
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
Jacob Herman Jan Mellaert (1875-1972), London; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£5); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977-January 1978
Literature
Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977- January 1978
cat. no. 5
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 124
cat. no. 5
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 124
Inscriptions
Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre edge, brown ink, signed by the artist?: “.CRIS P.”. Verso: upper left corner, graphite: “a a”; left lower edge, brown ink: “BAB no. 114” [not found on Lugt]; centre, graphite: “Crispin v d Broeck”; lower right, graphite, underlined, faded and now illegible [unable to read under IR or UV].
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower centre edge, brown ink, signed by the artist?: “.CRIS P.”. Verso: upper left corner, graphite: “a a”; left lower edge, brown ink: “BAB no. 114” [not found on Lugt]; centre, graphite: “Crispin v d Broeck”; lower right, graphite, underlined, faded and now illegible [unable to read under IR or UV].
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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