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Woman seated holding a mirror - Allegory of Prudence

Maker

After
(artist)
1629-1700

Title

Woman seated holding a mirror - Allegory of Prudence

Date of Production

1661 - 1669

Medium

black chalk and oil paint, framed in an oval, on laid paper, laid down on a stiff backing comprising several layers of laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 40.9 cm
Width: 28.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4200

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

Charles Paul Jean-Baptiste Bourgevin Vialart de Saint-Morys, Paris then London (1743-1795), L.474 (lower right) and L.3510 (verso); inherited by his son, Charles Étienne Bourgevin Vialart, comte de Carrière (1772-1817); his sale, H. Phillips (London), 10-14 June 1797, 3rd day, lot 33; purchased there by Knight [as per Phillips's annotated sale catalogue, see Brooks and Lee supplement in Master Drawings 2021]; anonymous sale, Sotheby's (London), 13 July 1949, lot 23; purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Baroncini, Carmela, Vita e opere di Lorenzo Pasinelli, Rimini 1993, 2nd ed 2010
no. 78
pl. LXXVIII on p. 339

Inscriptions

Inscription: Lorenzo Pasinelli

Collector's mark: Support (historic), Verso: upper centre edge, cut off, brown ink: Charles Paul Jean-Baptiste Bourgevin Vialart de Saint-Morys (L.3510).

Inscription: L. 33. 3 D

Inscription: 1/2 /ny / 5/2

Inscription: #2

Collector's mark: Charles Paul Jean-Baptiste Bourgevin Vialart de Saint-Morys (L.474).

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

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