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Santiago at the Battle of Clavijo

Maker

Follower of
(artist)
1616-1668

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1611-1665

Title

Santiago at the Battle of Clavijo

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

pen and brown ink on laid paper, laid down

Dimensions

Height: 27.5 cm
Width: 22.1 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.45

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

possibly Visconde de Castelruiz; his sale, Christie's (London), 27 - 30 April 1846, lot 278; Sir William Stirling Maxwell, London (1818-1878); by descent to his son, Sir John Stirling Maxwell, Glasgow (1866-1956); his sale, Sotheby's (London), 15 - 16 February 1921, lot 249; presumably purchased there by E. Parsons & Sons (London); their sale, cat. 38, 1921, lot 409 (with D.1952.RW.46, both as by Juan de Toledo); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt (1875-1952) (£2.4, for both) Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Véliz, Zahira, Spanish Drawings in the Courtauld Gallery: complete catalogue, London, 2011
no. 56
Illus. p. 179

Mayer, August L., 'Los dibujos espanoles de la coleccion Witt en Londres' in 'Arte Espanol', 1926-27 - pp. 2-4; VIII, 1
p. 3
unless this refers to D.1952.RW.46

Inscriptions

Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, brown ink: “Juan de toledo fe,”.

Collector's mark: none.

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