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Santiago at the Battle of Clavijo

Maker

(artist)
1635-1711

Formerly attributed to
Claudio Coello (artist)
1642-1693

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1611-1665

Title

Date of Production

1680

Medium

traces of black chalk, pen and brown ink, grey and brown wash, traces of white bodycolour on laid paper, squared and framed in brown ink, with some stylus marks (examined under microscope)

Dimensions

Height: 28.4 cm
Width: 24.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.46

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

Label Text

This design was preparatory for the decoration of an ephemeral arch on the Puerto del Sol in Madrid, erected in 1680 to celebrate the marriage of Marie Louise d’Orléans to King Charles II of Spain and subsequently published in a print by Matías de Torres. The popular Spanish subject commemorates the miraculous appearance of Saint James at the Battle of Clavijo about 840, when the army of Ramiro I of Asturias successfully defeated the Moorish troops of Abderraman III, regaining many territories for Christian control.

Provenance

possibly Visconde de Castelruiz; his sale, Christie's (London), 27 - 30 April 1846, lot 278; Sir William Stirling Maxwell, London (1818-1878); by descent to his son, Sir John Stirling Maxwell, Glasgow (1866-1956); his sale, Sotheby's (London), 15 - 16 February 1921, lot 249; presumably purchased there by E. Parsons & Sons (London); their sale, cat. 38, 1921, lot 409 (with D.1952.RW.45); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt (1875-1952) (£2.4, for both); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

The Spanish Line - From Ribera to Picasso, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 13/10/2011-15/01/2012

Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943

Literature

Mulcahy, Rosemary, 'Review: Spanish drawings in the Courtauld Gallery. Complete catalogue. By Zahira Véliz' in 'The Burlington Magazine', September 2011 - pp. 646-47; CLIV
p. 646

Véliz, Zahira, Spanish Drawings in the Courtauld Gallery: complete catalogue, London, 2011
no. 30
Illus. p. 119

Zapata Fernández de la Hoz, Teresa, La entrada en la Corte de Maria Luisa de Orleans. Arte y Fiesta en el Madrid de Carlos II, Madrid 2000
pp. 136-37
Illus. no. 88 ...More

Sullivan, Edward J., Baroque painting in Madrid. The contribution of Claudio Coello, with a catalogue raisonné of his works, Columbia, Missouri 1986
no. D11
Illus. p. 250
as by Coello

López Torrijos, Rosa, 'Grabados y dibujos para lo entrada en Madrid de María Luisa de Orleans (1680)' in 'Archivo Español de Arte', 1985 - pp. 239-50; no. 231
pp. 247, 250

Brown, Jonathan, 'Drawings by Andalusian Masters' in 'Apotheca, Revista del Departamiento de Historia del Arte, Universidad de Córdoba', 1983 - pp. 9-20; 3
pp. 405-06, no. 15
as by Coello

Mayer, August L., 'Los dibujos espanoles de la coleccion Witt en Londres' in 'Arte Espanol', 1926-27 - pp. 2-4; VIII, 1
p. 3
unless this refers to D.1952.RW.45 ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, brown ink, very faint: “10 d [?]2”. Verso: upper centre edge, brown ink, crossed out: “60. Rs [Reales]”; lower left, graphite: “Jos Toledo”.

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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