Saint Domitilla between Saints Nereo and Achilleo
Maker
(artist)
1553-1626
1553-1626
Title
Saint Domitilla between Saints Nereo and Achilleo
Date of Production
(circa) 1596 - 1597
Medium
black chalk with stumping, black wash, traces of white chalk, on laid paper, squared in black chalk, on a historic mount
Dimensions
Height: 41.5 cm
Width: 26.2 cm
Width: 26.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4370
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
Lord St Lawrence; presumably John Barnard, London (1709-1784); possibly his estate sale Greenwood (London) 16 - 24 February 1787, third evening, lot 28; Benjamin West, London (1738-1820), L.419; Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
From Raphael to Carracci: the Art of Papal Rome, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 29/05/2009-07/09/2009
The Achievement of a Connoisseur: Philip Pouncey, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 01/10/1985-01/12/1985
The Achievement of a Connoisseur: Philip Pouncey, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 01/10/1985-01/12/1985
Literature
From Raphael to Carracci: the Art of Papal Rome, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 2009
no. 144
no. 144
The Achievement of a Connoisseur: Philip Pouncey, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 1985
cat. no. 55
no. 55
ill.
Sorio, Ileana Chiappni di, Cristoforo Roncalli detto il Pomarancio, Bergamo 1983
under no. 50 ...More
Kirwin, W. Chandler, 'The life and drawing style of Cristofano Roncalli' in 'Paragone', 1978; 335
pp. 34-40
Pouncey, Philip, 'Two drawings by Cristofano Roncalli', The Burlington Magazine, Vol. 94, No. 597 (Dec., 1952), pp. 354+356-357+359
p. 356
fig. 69, p. 357 ...Less
no. 144
no. 144
The Achievement of a Connoisseur: Philip Pouncey, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 1985
cat. no. 55
no. 55
ill.
Sorio, Ileana Chiappni di, Cristoforo Roncalli detto il Pomarancio, Bergamo 1983
under no. 50 ...More
Kirwin, W. Chandler, 'The life and drawing style of Cristofano Roncalli' in 'Paragone', 1978; 335
pp. 34-40
Pouncey, Philip, 'Two drawings by Cristofano Roncalli', The Burlington Magazine, Vol. 94, No. 597 (Dec., 1952), pp. 354+356-357+359
p. 356
fig. 69, p. 357 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to mount.
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: right and lower right edges, graphite, erased: “see / stamp / [...] Domenichino / 1581-1641 //”; Mount (historic), Verso: centre, graphite: “580 / Lord St Lawrence Barnard Collections / From Mr. West’s Collection + Barnard Coll. //”.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, blindstamped: Benjamin West (L.419). Mount (historic), Recto: lower left, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: right and lower right edges, graphite, erased: “see / stamp / [...] Domenichino / 1581-1641 //”; Mount (historic), Verso: centre, graphite: “580 / Lord St Lawrence Barnard Collections / From Mr. West’s Collection + Barnard Coll. //”.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, blindstamped: Benjamin West (L.419). Mount (historic), Recto: lower left, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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