Capilla Condestable, Burgos Cathedral
Maker
Attributed to
(artist)
1796-1864
(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
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
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".
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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