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Mary and Joseph looking for Jesus

Maker

(artist)
1657-1736

Title

Mary and Joseph looking for Jesus

Medium

chalk (black), pen and ink (brown), wash (grey), bodycolour (white) on brown paper, framed in an arch by ink (brown) and bodycolour (white) framing lines, laid down on an historic blue paper support

Dimensions

Height: 22.6 cm
Width: 18.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4192

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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Provenance

Mrs H.F. Ezekiel (?); her sale, Sotheby's (London), 22 June 1949, lot 38 (with D.1952.RW.4190 and 4194); purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), for £5; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Inscription: Cavaliere Giuseppe Nasini. / la di cui opera a fresco. e dell'Antiporta / della capella di Scorgiano della casa Bichi //

Inscription: 1725/30 Frescoes in Scorgiano Chapel Siena

Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)

Inscription: Giuseppe Niccolo Nasini / Italian. c 1664-1736 / Studies for frescoes in Scorgiano Chapel, Siena //

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