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Standing male saint

Maker

Felice Cignani (artist)
1660-1724

Title

Standing male saint

Medium

black chalk on laid paper with black ink framing lines partially trimmed away

Dimensions

Height: 30.5 cm
Width: 18.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4229

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

Colnaghi (London); given from there to Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: bust of a figure with large earrings above a cartouche containing letter 'H' flanked by letters 'D' and ‘N’ above a 'P'(nothing remotely similar in Heawood, Briquet, Churchill or Piccard). Watermark: Backing sheet (removed, in box of mounts from P&D), Recto: left centre, block letter, second letter abraded: “P[c?x?]”.

Inscription: Felix / Cignani / fecito //

Inscription: 42

Inscription: 346/12 / T/-/- / F. Cignani / #3 / open //

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

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