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Annunciation

Maker

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1527-1585

Title

Annunciation

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 29.4 cm
Width: 22.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4575

Mode of Acquisition

Robert Clermont Witt, purchase, 1952

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords







Provenance

Leonard G. Duke, London (1890-1971); purchased from him by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Olszewski, Edward J., 'Drawings by Luca Cambiaso as a Late Renaissance Model of Invenzione' in 'Cleveland Studies in the History of Art', 2000 - 20-41; 5
p. 34
fig. 23 on p. 35
the captions for figs 23 and 24 should be swapped

Inscriptions

Watermark: upper centre: letters V b above an oval shield containing six circles connected by branches - the Medici coat of arms (no match in Briquet, Heawood or Piccard, though similar shields from Florence b/c of Medici).

Inscription: Recto: lower left, brown ink, unclear: Luca gB [?].

Collector's mark: none.

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