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Capilla Condestable, Burgos Cathedral

Maker

Attributed to
(artist)
1796-1864

Title

Capilla Condestable, Burgos Cathedral

Date of Production

1845

Medium

black chalk, watercolour and bodycolour on wove paper (now discoloured dark brown), laid down

Dimensions

Height: 36.3 cm
Width: 52.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4393

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

Fine Art Society (London), exhibited April 1950; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), May 1950; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Spring exhibition of early English water-colours and drawings, Fine Art Society, April 1950

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 40

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Collector's mark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, black chalk, the artist's hand: “Capilla Contestabile [the 'd' altered for a 't' or vice versa] / Burgos. Septr. 6 1845. Verso (backing sheet): right of centre, graphite: “015222”.

Label: Removed from an old mount and now kept in the object file: printed label from "THE FINE ART SOCIETY, LTD., / 148 NEW BOND STREET, LONDON, W.1 / By Appointment to H.M. QUEEN MARY / PRINT SELLERS" and filled in with black ink: "TITLE Capilla Contestabile / Burgos Cathedral / Watercolour by / ARTIST David Roberts RA / NO 71 / DATE May 1950".

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