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Study of two male figures for the 'Baptism of Christ'

Maker

(artist)
1597-1630

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1598-1654

Title

Study of two male figures for the 'Baptism of Christ'

Date of Production

(circa) 1629 - 1630

Medium

pen and ink (light brown), wash (light brown) on laid paper, laid down on a historic paper support (now with ragged and torn edges; looks like an album page)

Dimensions

Height: 21 cm
Width: 12.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4222

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

Leonard G. Duke, London (1890-1971); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 31 December 1946; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 29 September 1949, for £5; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Drawings by Guercino and other Baroque Masters, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/02/1977-01/03/1977

Italian Drawings of the 17th and 18th Centuries from the Witt
Collection
, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/03/1971-01/04/1971

Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970

Literature

Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970
cat. no. 37
as by Alessandro Algardi

Vitzthum, Walter, 'Disegni di Alessandro Algardi' in 'Bolletino d'Arte', January - June 1963 - 79-98; 1-11
p. 87
fig. 28 on p. 89

Inscriptions

Watermark: none visible in the drawing sheet. Support (historic), centre: Arms of Amsterdam (according to Churchill, p 28, a mark in use from 1635-1796, first on paper made in France, then joined by Dutch mills).

Inscription: Al: Algardi

Inscription: D1089/ Alessandro Algardi 1602-1654 / LGD

Inscription: A 14091

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

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