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The crossing of St. Peter's, with the illuminated Cross

Maker

Attributed to
Louis-Jean Desprez (artist)
1743-1804

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1700-1799

Title

The crossing of St. Peter's, with the illuminated Cross

Date of Production

1700 - 1799

Medium

pen and brown ink, brown wash, white bodycolour on brown-prepared laid paper, hinged at the left edge to a historic mount

Dimensions

Height: 39.4 cm
Width: 25.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4428

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

Paul Prouté (Paris); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: lower centre: two lines of text, illegible.

Inscription: Mount (historic) Recto: lower left corner, graphite: "4428"; lower centre, graphite: "Laa [?]"; lower right, graphite: "#5"; lower right corner, graphite: "1/2/ny Open / 400 //".

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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