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Last Supper

Maker

Attributed to
(artist)
1569-1632

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1548-1612

Title

Last Supper

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, grey wash, squared in graphite on laid paper, with graphite framing lines, laid down on a historic support; some drawing on the verso is evident with transmitted light

Dimensions

Height: 16.7 cm
Width: 24.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4432

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

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, right centre: small trefoil on a stem above a circle containing a crossbow, with handles at its centre (close, though not a match, to Briquet 763 - dated 1597).

Inscription: RECTO: lower right corner, brown ink: “22”. SUPPORT (historic), VERSO: lower right edge, graphite, Witt number: “4432”. MOUNT (removed, see photo), RECTO: lower right, graphite: “Bernardino Poccetti / Italian. 1542-1612 / The Last Supper. Squared. / c. 1596 //”.

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

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