Mary and Joseph looking for Jesus
Maker
(artist)
1657-1736
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
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
Keywords
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 //
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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