Horace Walpole, London and Strawberry Hill (1717-1797); Dr Barry Delany, Kilkenny (1815-1888) [not listed in his 1872 sale catalogue but could have been in a portfolio]; Dr Edmund Schilling (1888-1974); given by him to Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Drawing - Technique and Purpose, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 28/01/1981-26/04/1981

Drawings by Guercino and other Baroque Masters, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/02/1977-01/03/1977

Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977-January 1978 ...More

Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977- January 1978
cat. no. 43

Logan, Anne-Marie, 'Review: Rubens exhibitions, 1977-1978' in 'Master Drawings', Winter 1978 - pp. 419-50; 16, 4
p. 448

Drawing - Technique and Purpose, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1981
cat. no. 75
attributed to Rubens and listed with erroneous accession number 3358 ...More

Watermark: Watermark: centre: a circle containing a polygon with a mitre(?) above (unable to identify clearly and find correlation in Briquet or Piccard). Verso (backing sheet): centre: a modified fleur-de-lis above a set of four wings.

Inscription: Recto: upper left corner, brown ink: “celebritas vide [...]ordere [?] / Geyraldi, d.d.g. pag. 576.577. //“; the rest all within the drawing, brown ink, artist’s hand: identifying first figure in procession and describing her clothes: “*Arianna. / Rica. / velum byssinum. //”; identifying 2nd figure in procession: “*Liber”; indicating round object on figure's cap: “gemma”; corresponding to '7' on man's cap: “7. fascia / con di [...]ma //”; above jar held by man: “amphora”; above staff: “Thyrsus”; indicating man's hair: “cincinnus”; indicating man's cloak: “pellis caprina”; identifying 3rd figure in procession: “*Concordia”; upper centre on 3rd figure's torso (referring to her clothes): “Ricinium.”; identifying 4th figure in procession: “*Spes”; indicating band on 4th figure's head: “Taenia”; referring to 5th figure's crown: “corona laurea”; upper right in front of 5th figure's knee: “Tunica / brevis. //”; upper right behind 5th figure's calf: “epomis”; identifying last figure: “*Pomona dea sicut [...]”; referring to last figure's diadem: “Tutulus.”; lower left beneath large vase: “*Testa ex albo marmore / A la vigna di Julio pp. nel giardino / di sopra. Tom. 7. Col. 154. //”; lower left of centre on vase on plinth: “Trulla”; lower centre on plinth above couple's heads: “sopra florida”; lower centre on divan: “lectus inclinis.”; lower centre on plinth beneath divan: “et conbium.”; lower centre on plinth: “.D.M.S. / ATIMETI.AVG.LASVPELL. / CASTRENSI.FECERVNT / FLAVIA.DADA.CONIVG.BM / ET.EORTVNATVS.AV.L.PARENT / OPTIMO //”; lower centre beneath plinth: “Tom. 5. col. 128.”; lower centre edge, cut off: “in casa Bruto della Valle”. Verso (hidden by backing sheet, only visible via raking light): upper centre, ink: illegible. Verso (backing sheet): upper left, graphite: “Geyraldus de deis gentium / (1560/70) //”; right centre, graphite, former Witt number: “3358”; lower right, graphite: “J Wyck / from the Strawberry //”; lower centre, graphite: “Sg Bruto della Valle”; lower left, graphite: “250”; upper right, grey-brown ink, unclear: “DT. i5” [?].

Collector's mark: Verso (backing sheet): lower centre, pen and brown ink: Dr Barry Delany (L.350); lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).