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Franciscan (or Jesuit?) Saint receiving the host from angels (recto)

Maker

Pier Paolo Varotti (artist)
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

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).

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