Annunciation
Maker
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1527-1585
(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
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
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.
Inscription: Recto: lower left, brown ink, unclear: Luca gB [?].
Collector's mark: none.
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