Youth carrying a banner
Maker
(artist)
1540-1609
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1560-1609
1540-1609
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1560-1609
Title
Youth carrying a banner
Date of Production
(circa) 1590
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, laid down on a historic mount
Dimensions
Height: 23 cm
Width: 16.1 cm
Width: 16.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4275
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
Evelyn Reynolds; her estate sale, Sotheby's (London), 16 November 1949, lot 46 (along with D.1952.RW.4273); purchased there by Colnaghi (London), on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£15); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 2: Other than landscape, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1976-77 (Nov.-Feb.)
Literature
Meijer, Bert W., Il disegno Veneziano, 1580-1650. Ricostruzioni storico-artistiche, Florence 2017
p. 398n8
questions attribution to de Vries
Bruegel to Rembrandt: Dutch and Flemish drawings from the Maida and George Abrams collection, British Museum, London; Institut néerlandais, Paris; Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Mass; 2002-2003, 2002
p. 90 under no. 32
fig. 2 on p. 90
Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 2: Other than landscape, Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1976 - Febr
cat. no. 8
p. 398n8
questions attribution to de Vries
Bruegel to Rembrandt: Dutch and Flemish drawings from the Maida and George Abrams collection, British Museum, London; Institut néerlandais, Paris; Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Mass; 2002-2003, 2002
p. 90 under no. 32
fig. 2 on p. 90
Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 2: Other than landscape, Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1976 - Febr
cat. no. 8
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermarks: centre, difficult to make out due to the mount: a figure. Mount (historic): Recto, right centre edge, fragment: lower portion of a shield containing a fleur-de-lis.
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower centre edge, brown ink: "An. Caracci.". Mount (historic), Verso: upper centre, brown ink: "A Caracci"; centre, brown ink, underlined: "Liv"; right centre edge, brown ink: "The Standard bearer, by / An. Caracci, from Mr Mitford's Colln //". Mount (removed, cut down and now in file): grey ink: "Jacob de Gheyn.”; graphite: “Dirk de Vries / K.T.P. / 4275 //"; graphite, circled: "242".
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower centre edge, brown ink: "An. Caracci.". Mount (historic), Verso: upper centre, brown ink: "A Caracci"; centre, brown ink, underlined: "Liv"; right centre edge, brown ink: "The Standard bearer, by / An. Caracci, from Mr Mitford's Colln //". Mount (removed, cut down and now in file): grey ink: "Jacob de Gheyn.”; graphite: “Dirk de Vries / K.T.P. / 4275 //"; graphite, circled: "242".
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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