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Saint Ursula

Maker

Attributed to
Caspar Fraisinger (artist)
1550-1599

Formerly attributed to
Philipp Uffenbach (artist)
1566-1636

Title

Saint Ursula

Date of Production

1500 - 1599

Medium

pen and grey ink, grey wash on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 29.2 cm
Width: 18.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.426

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

Carl Wiesböck, Vienna (1811-1874), L.2576, 1854; Sotheby's (London), 31 January 1924, lot 12; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (15 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Special Display - German drawings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 21/06/2007-23/09/2007

Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 17/11/1962-22/12/1962

German Art, 1400-1800, from collections in Great Britain, Manchester City Art Gallery & Manchester & England, 24/10/1961-10/12/1961 ...More

Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London; York City Art Gallery; Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953

Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1925 ...Less

Literature

Anthony Blunt and Philip Troutman, Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, 1962
cat. no. 69
Illus. p. 20

German Art, 1400-1800, from collections in Great Britain, Manchester City Art Gallery, 1961
cat. no. 166

Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London, York City Art Gallery and Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
cat. no. 106

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: probably at centre, but too faint to discern.

Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, upper edge, grey ink: “S. VRSVLA.”. Verso: centre, graphite, Witt number: “426”.

Collector's mark: Verso: upper centre, pen and brown ink: Carl Wiesböck (L.2576), including number “854” [as in 1854]; lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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