Franciscan (or Jesuit?) Saint receiving the host from angels (recto)
Maker
Pier Paolo Varotti (artist)
1686-1752
1686-1752
Title
Franciscan (or Jesuit?) Saint receiving the host from angels (recto)
Date of Production
1700 - 1752
Medium
red chalk, red wash (recto), red and black chalk (verso), on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 29.4 cm
Width: 33.5 cm
Width: 33.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4490
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
part of a two-volume album belonging to the Archbishop of Belluno (according to Ongania); after his death passed "to other hands" (according to Ongania); Ferdinando Ongania, Venice (1842-1911), by 4 May 1878 (his letter in the file for D.1978.PG.135); Count Wodinski (Polish, d.c. 1934 in Spain, according to Ritchie); by descent to his step-daughter's son, Jan R. Ritchie (as related to J. Byam Shaw, his letter in the file for D.1978.PG.135); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 2 May 1950 (they dismantled the album); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 29 March 1951 (£6, as by Piola); Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Verso: upper right edge, grey ink: “Varoti fecit”; lower left, brown ink, upside down: “Varotti.”; lower left, graphite: “Grey / Green line + G. //”; lower right, graphite, Colnaghi number and price: “A 17451 / c/-/- //”. Outer mount (historic), Recto: lower left, graphite, Witt number: “4490”; lower right, graphite: “ ‘Varoti’. / Italian. 16 Century. / Signed Varoti fecit. / Inscribed Varotti. / Possibly by P. Faccini. / D.1952.RW.4490 //”. Outer mount (historic), Verso: upper left corner, graphite, Colnaghi number: “A 17451”; centre, graphite: “signed VAROTTI on verso / style of Domo Piola. //”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: upper right edge, grey ink: “Varoti fecit”; lower left, brown ink, upside down: “Varotti.”; lower left, graphite: “Grey / Green line + G. //”; lower right, graphite, Colnaghi number and price: “A 17451 / c/-/- //”. Outer mount (historic), Recto: lower left, graphite, Witt number: “4490”; lower right, graphite: “ ‘Varoti’. / Italian. 16 Century. / Signed Varoti fecit. / Inscribed Varotti. / Possibly by P. Faccini. / D.1952.RW.4490 //”. Outer mount (historic), Verso: upper left corner, graphite, Colnaghi number: “A 17451”; centre, graphite: “signed VAROTTI on verso / style of Domo Piola. //”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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