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Barberini arms supported by Fame and Virtue

Maker

(artist)
1610-1662

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1575-1642

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1596-1669

Title

Barberini arms supported by Fame and Virtue

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, on a historic marginal support

Dimensions

Height: 25.1 cm
Width: 16.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4520

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

Sotheby's or Christie's (London), date unknown, lot 25; Captain H. Crewe (?); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 7 February 1951; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 16 May 1951 for £9; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Effigies and Ecstasies - Roman Baroque Sculpture and Design in
the Age of Bernini
, National Gallery of Scotland & Edinburgh, 25/06/1998-20/09/1998

Literature

Bertrand, Pascal-Francois, 'Hic Domus: le cardinal Francesco Barberini et le theme de ses premieres tapisseries' in 'Bulletin de l'Association des Historiens de l'Art Italien', 1999-2000 - 34-40; 6
p. 37
fig. 3 on p. 37

Blunt, Anthony, 'The Palazzo Barberini: the contributions of Maderno, Bernini and Pietro da Cortona' in 'Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes', July - December 1998; 21, 3/4
pp. 286-87
pl. 32b

Effigies and Ecstasies - Roman Baroque Sculpture and Design in the Age of Bernini, National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1998, 1998
no. 136
ill. on p. 172

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Verso: upper left, graphite, circled: “24”; lower right, graphite: “19 x 12 ½ UPRIGHT”; lower centre edge, graphite, Colnaghi number: “A 18031”.

Collector's mark: Verso, and repeated again on Support (historic), Verso, both at lower left corners, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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