Thetis entrusting Achilles to the Centaur Chiron
Maker
(artist)
1568-1640
1568-1640
Title
Thetis entrusting Achilles to the Centaur Chiron
Date of Production
1620 - 1625
Medium
black and red chalk on laid paper, laid down and inlaid into a border mount; the original sheet is in poor condition with large areas of loss that have been made up on the backing sheet
Dimensions
Height: 34.3 cm
Width: 41.2 cm
Width: 41.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4400
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
Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Röttgen, Herwarth, Il Cavalier Giuseppe Cesari D'Arpino: un grande pittore nello splendore della fama e nell'incostanza della fortuna, Rome 2002
p. 436, no. 204b
Bolzoni, Marco Simone, Il Cavalier Giuseppe Cesari d'Arpino, Rome, Ugo Bozzi Editore 2013
pp. 8, 123 and no. 254 on p. 368
fig. 102 on p. 123 and no. 254 on p. 368
p. 436, no. 204b
Bolzoni, Marco Simone, Il Cavalier Giuseppe Cesari d'Arpino, Rome, Ugo Bozzi Editore 2013
pp. 8, 123 and no. 254 on p. 368
fig. 102 on p. 123 and no. 254 on p. 368
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to see any as is laid down and badly deteriorated.
Inscription: Border Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, graphite: “G. Darpino”; lower centre, brown ink: “16 / Caval. ‘Darpino’”; lower centre, graphite: [check mark] “1560-1640”; lower right corner, graphite, Witt’s hand: “Giuseppe Cesari”. Verso (backing sheet): upper left corner, brown ink, a former owner's initials and inventory number perhaps?: “H.A.M.Br.[?] / No 22. [this number crossed out] 52.”; lower centre, graphite: “[iillegible] + Centaur S.”; lower right corner, graphite: “138” accompanied with initials (an illegible scribble?). Border Mount (historic), Verso: lower left corner, graphite: “8” and Witt number “4400”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Border Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, graphite: “G. Darpino”; lower centre, brown ink: “16 / Caval. ‘Darpino’”; lower centre, graphite: [check mark] “1560-1640”; lower right corner, graphite, Witt’s hand: “Giuseppe Cesari”. Verso (backing sheet): upper left corner, brown ink, a former owner's initials and inventory number perhaps?: “H.A.M.Br.[?] / No 22. [this number crossed out] 52.”; lower centre, graphite: “[iillegible] + Centaur S.”; lower right corner, graphite: “138” accompanied with initials (an illegible scribble?). Border Mount (historic), Verso: lower left corner, graphite: “8” and Witt number “4400”.
Collector's mark: none.
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