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Heron (recto)

Maker

(artist)
1487-1564

Title

Heron (recto)

Medium

red and black chalk (recto and verso) on laid paper, the paper cut out around the lower contours of the heron; this left edge of the paper made up with 18th-century Dutch paper

Dimensions

Height: 22.5 cm
Width: 17.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.454

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

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Provenance

William Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney (1835-1909); by descent to his wife, Margaret Susan Mitford (1835-1919); their estate sale, Sotheby's (London), 14 December 1921, lot 29 (with D.1952.RW.453 and 456); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952) (16 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Zuan da Udene furlano, Udine Castle, Udine, Italy, 11/06/2021-12/09/2021

Literature

Zvan da Vdene Fvrlano : Giovanni da Udine tra Raffaello e Michelangelo, Castello di Udine, 12 Jun.-12 Sept. 2021

ZVAN DA VDENE FVRLANO: Giovanni da Udine: tra Rafaello e Michelangelo, Udine 2020
pp. 26, 52, 188
Illus. p. 189

Cecilia Ruggeri, Giovanni da Udine riparografo: alcune proposte per una "pittura di cose", Bollettino dei Monumenti Musei e Gallerie Pontificie 2016; 34
p. 256
Illus. no. 28 on p. 258 (verso)
as by da Udine

Inscriptions

Inscription: none.

Collector's mark: none.

Watermark: none in the original drawing sheet. In left half of drawing, which is a later addition: centre : top of a nude man holding a large whip above his head (variant of Van der Ley mark, Heawood 1364 – Amsterdam c. 1769).

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