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Virgin of the Immaculate Conception (recto)

Maker

(artist)
1623-1677

Title

Virgin of the Immaculate Conception (recto)

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, blue wash (recto), black chalk (verso - examined under microscope), on laid paper with a rope line across the centre

Dimensions

Height: 31.8 cm
Width: 18.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4458

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

Dorothy Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington (1889-1956); her donation to the British Red Cross sale, Christie's (London), 22 March - 5 April 1917, lot 295; Leo Franklyn (1889-1972); purchased from him by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Véliz, Zahira, Spanish Drawings in the Courtauld Gallery: complete catalogue, London, 2011
cat. no. 60
ill. on p. 189

García de la Torre, Fuensanta, ‘Antonio García Reinoso: reflexiones sobre un dibujante Andaluz del siglo XVII / Antonio García Reinoso: reflections on a 17th-century Andalusian draftsman’ in 'Laboratorio de Arte' - pp. 183-206; 32
p. 195

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermarks: none in the drawing. Support (historic, removed but still mounted with the drawing), Recto: lower right corner, blindstamped: “Dixons / David Cox / Drawing //”.

Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, lower centre, brown ink: “Meneces”; lower right corner, graphite: “10”. Verso: lower left corner, graphite, Witt number: “4458”. Two scraps of paper, mounted with the verso of the drawing: brown ink: “duchess of Wellington”; brown and blue ink: “Red + Sale 1917”.

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

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