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Month of February, or the Season Aquarius-Pisces

Maker

After
(artist)
1554-1626

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1540-1620

Title

Month of February, or the Season Aquarius-Pisces

Date of Production

1700 - 1799

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines (examined under microscope)

Dimensions

Height: 21.1 cm
Width: 29.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4153

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

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Related Works

Month of October, or Autumn

Notes

The settings for this busy Italianate landscapes, are partially imaginary views of Rome, with the Piazza del Popolo here. The monumental Flaminio Obelisk, erected in 1589, dominates the square, and the zodiac signs of Aquarius and Pisces are shown in the sky. On the left stands the church of Santa Maria del Popolo —the church that pilgrims from the North would have encountered first when entering Rome. The square and streets are filled with merrymakers celebrating Carnival, which occurs at this time of the year.

Provenance

van Parijs, Brussels (circa 1800), L.2531, no. 856; Jacob Herman Jan Mellaert (1875-1972), London; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d. (with D.1952.RW.4152); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 124

Inscriptions

Watermark: Recto: right centre: crowned double 'C' Lorrain cross; Countermark: left centre: '4M' monogram. Close to Briquet 9328 - St-Dié, 1597. Our is, however, smaller, at 60 x 40 mm, versus 81 x 96 mm for the Briquet mark.

Inscription: Verso: upper right, graphite: “R 17/27 [written over “26”]”; lower left corner, graphite: “n372”; lower left corner, brown ink, the first word crossed out in brown ink: “no. 443”; right lower edge, graphite: “#8”.

Collector's mark: Removed (now in file for D.1952.RW.4152), stamped in black ink: van Parijs (L.2531), inscribed in brown ink “No. 856”.

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