Triumph in the name of the Baptist (formerly 'Presentation in the Temple')
Maker
Andrea Ansaldo (artist)
1584-1638
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1540-1619
1584-1638
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1540-1619
Title
Triumph in the name of the Baptist (formerly 'Presentation in the Temple')
Date of Production
1555 - 1619
Medium
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, white bodycolour on buff laid paper, laid down, with heavy brown ink framing lines on three sides
Dimensions
Height: 30.6 cm
Width: 17.7 cm
Width: 17.7 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4382
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
Modesto Ignazio Bonaventura Luigi Genevosio, Turin (1719-1795), L.545; probably purchased from him (along with 17 paintings and 330 drawings) by Marchese Giovanni Turinetti di Priero, 28 March 1794; anonymous sale, Sotheby's (London), 26 April 1950, lot 10 (as 'Birth of Samuel and his dedication to the herd' by Calvaert); purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952) (£7.5); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977-January 1978
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 124
Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977- January 1978
cat. no. 10
as by Calvaert
Newcome, Mary, 'Ansaldo revisited' in 'Paragone', 1987 - 61-74; 38
pp. 63-64, 71, n. 22
fig. 44
as by Ansaldo ...More
Boggero, Franco, San Giovanni Battista di Loano, 1990
pp. 42-43
fig. 26
as by Ansaldo
Priarone, Margherita, Andrea Ansaldo 1584-1638, Genoa 2011
no. 11D
ill. on p. 344
as by Ansaldo ...Less
p. 124
Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977- January 1978
cat. no. 10
as by Calvaert
Newcome, Mary, 'Ansaldo revisited' in 'Paragone', 1987 - 61-74; 38
pp. 63-64, 71, n. 22
fig. 44
as by Ansaldo ...More
Boggero, Franco, San Giovanni Battista di Loano, 1990
pp. 42-43
fig. 26
as by Ansaldo
Priarone, Margherita, Andrea Ansaldo 1584-1638, Genoa 2011
no. 11D
ill. on p. 344
as by Ansaldo ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): lower centre, brown ink: “no 3”. Mount (removed, recorded in file): lower left, pen and ink: “Dionigi Calvart".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Modesto Ignazio Bonaventura Luigi Genevosio (L.545).
Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): lower centre, brown ink: “no 3”. Mount (removed, recorded in file): lower left, pen and ink: “Dionigi Calvart".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Modesto Ignazio Bonaventura Luigi Genevosio (L.545).
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