Death of Saint Catherine of Siena
Maker
(artist)
1550-1606
1550-1606
Title
Death of Saint Catherine of Siena
Medium
chalk (black), pen and ink (brown), wash (brown) on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 19 cm
Width: 14.7 cm
Width: 14.7 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4565
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
Sir Joshua Reynolds, London (1723-1792); perhaps his estate sale, H. Phillips (London), 5 - 22 March 1798 (any one of four lots listing Boscoli); Mrs H.F. Medlicott, Neuberg; her sale, Neate & Sons (Wiltshire), 14 April 1950, lot 305; purchased there by Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 26 November 1952, for £10; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Sir Joshua Reynolds - The Acquisition of Genius, Plymouth & Devon & England, 21/11/2009-21/02/2010
Literature
Sir Joshua Reynolds: the acquisition of genius, Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery, 2009
no. 58
ill. on p. 132
Brooks, Julian, The drawings of Andrea Boscoli (c.1560–1608), PhD thesis, University of Oxford 1999; 1
p. 347
Forlani, Anna, 'Andrea Boscoli' in 'Proporzioni', 1963 - 85-208; IV
no. 200
no. 58
ill. on p. 132
Brooks, Julian, The drawings of Andrea Boscoli (c.1560–1608), PhD thesis, University of Oxford 1999; 1
p. 347
Forlani, Anna, 'Andrea Boscoli' in 'Proporzioni', 1963 - 85-208; IV
no. 200
Inscriptions
Inscription: Boscoli
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Joshua Reynolds (L. 2364)
Inscription: Boscoli
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Joshua Reynolds (L. 2364)
Inscription: Boscoli
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