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A study of the priest Aaron

Maker

(artist)
1593-1678

Title

A study of the priest Aaron

Date of Production

1665

Medium

red and black chalk with stumping, green and brown wash, white and yellow bodycolour (now oxidised) on laid paper, laid down on card support

Dimensions

Height: 30.6 cm
Width: 24.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4303

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

Edwin Kersley, London (active 1930-60); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 27 May 1947; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 28 December 1949 (£23); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977-January 1978

Jacob Jordaens 1593-1678, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 29/11/1968-05/01/1969

Literature

d'Hulst, R.A., Jordaens drawings, London 1974
no. C.115
fig. 596

Held, J.S., 'Jordaens at Ottawa' in 'Burlington Magazine', 1969; CXI
p. 267

d'Hulst, R.A., Jordaens (review of Ottawa exhibition) in 'Art Bulletin', LI, 1969, pp. 378-88
no. 272 and p. 383
as a copy ...More

Jacob Jordaens 1593-1678, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1968-1969
cat. no. 272
ill.

d'Hulst, R.A., De tekeningen van Jacob Jordaens, Brussels 1956
no. 280
as a copy after Jordaens

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 127 ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to card support.

Inscription: Recto: lower centre edge, brown ink: "J. Jordaens"; lower right corner, graphite: "14/62". Verso (card support): lower right, graphite, Colnaghi number: "A 14518".

Collector's mark: Verso (card support): lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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