Woman seated holding a mirror - Allegory of Prudence
Maker
After
(artist)
1629-1700
(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
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
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)
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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