Study of the Virgin in 'The Assumption'
Maker
Bernardino Gatti (Il Sojaro) (artist)
1495-1576
1495-1576
Title
Study of the Virgin in 'The Assumption'
Medium
pen and red ink, red wash, white bodycolour, squared in black chalk, on laid paper, on a historic mount, lower right half missing – torn away
Dimensions
Height: 26.3 cm
Width: 18.7 cm
Width: 18.7 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4386
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
Padre Sebastiano Resta, Milan (1635-1714); acquired from him by Giovanni Matteo Marchetti, Bishop of Arezzo (1647-1704); purchased from his heirs by John Talman (1677-1726), 1711, on behalf of John, Lord Somers (1650-1716); his estate sale, Motteu (London), 6 May 1717; purchased there by Jonathan Richardson, the elder, London (1665-1745), L.2183, L.2983 and L.2995/2996; John Barnard, London (1709-1784), L.1419/L.1420; Joseph Baer (Frankfurt); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952 The above provided by Jeremy Wood in his 1996 Master Drawings article 'Padre Resta as a collector of Carracci drawings', p. 36.
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to mount.
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower centre, brown ink, Richardson the elder's hand - L.2995/2996: “Coreggio”; lower right, graphite: “811”; lower left, graphite, Witt number: “4386”; lower right, graphite: “5”. Mount (historic), Verso: upper left, graphite, circled: “3”; upper centre, brown ink, Richardson the elder’s hand transcribing Resta-Somers and perhaps his own shelfmarks, L.2983: “L / f 44. / 41. / Zc. 37. / Zn. 43 / Zc. / u.”; upper right, blue crayon, framed in a box: “5”; lower left, graphite: “J Richardson Senr / John Barnard”; lower right, graphite, first number circled: “12 / 15”; lower right, blue crayon: “SP”; lower right, graphite: “Il Sojaro / KTP”. Outer mount (removed, cut down and now in file): left, graphite: “Il Sojaro / Studies for S. Marie di’ Campagna, / Mario di Giampaolo / dic. 1975 ”; right, graphite: “studio per l’Ascenzione / del tamburo di S. Maria / di Campagna / (A. Ballarin – ’75)”.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower centre, stamped in black ink: Sir Jonathan Richardson, the elder (L.2183). Mount (historic), Recto: lower centre, pen and brown ink: Jonathan Richardson, the elder (L.2995/2996); lower right, pen and brown ink: John Barnard (L.1419 or L.1420 – just his initials); lower left, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b). Mount (historic), Verso: upper centre, brown ink, transcribed above: Jonathan Richardson, the elder (L.2983).
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower centre, brown ink, Richardson the elder's hand - L.2995/2996: “Coreggio”; lower right, graphite: “811”; lower left, graphite, Witt number: “4386”; lower right, graphite: “5”. Mount (historic), Verso: upper left, graphite, circled: “3”; upper centre, brown ink, Richardson the elder’s hand transcribing Resta-Somers and perhaps his own shelfmarks, L.2983: “L / f 44. / 41. / Zc. 37. / Zn. 43 / Zc. / u.”; upper right, blue crayon, framed in a box: “5”; lower left, graphite: “J Richardson Senr / John Barnard”; lower right, graphite, first number circled: “12 / 15”; lower right, blue crayon: “SP”; lower right, graphite: “Il Sojaro / KTP”. Outer mount (removed, cut down and now in file): left, graphite: “Il Sojaro / Studies for S. Marie di’ Campagna, / Mario di Giampaolo / dic. 1975 ”; right, graphite: “studio per l’Ascenzione / del tamburo di S. Maria / di Campagna / (A. Ballarin – ’75)”.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower centre, stamped in black ink: Sir Jonathan Richardson, the elder (L.2183). Mount (historic), Recto: lower centre, pen and brown ink: Jonathan Richardson, the elder (L.2995/2996); lower right, pen and brown ink: John Barnard (L.1419 or L.1420 – just his initials); lower left, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b). Mount (historic), Verso: upper centre, brown ink, transcribed above: Jonathan Richardson, the elder (L.2983).
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