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Christ and the Woman of Samaria

Maker

Romulo Cincinnato (artist)
1502-1593

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1528-1592

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1577-1660

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1601-1667

Title

Christ and the Woman of Samaria

Date of Production

1586 - 1589

Medium

pen and ink (brown), wash (brown), bodycolour (white) on blue laid paper, squared in pen and ink (brown), laid down on Japanese tissue

Dimensions

Height: 39.1 cm
Width: 14.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.48

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 William Stirling Maxwell, London and Glasgow (1818-1878); by descent to Sir John Stirling Maxwell, Glasgow (1866-1956); his sale, Sotheby's (London), 15 -16 February 1921, lot 249; E. Parsons & Sons, 1921, lot unknown; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952) (£1.6); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

The golden age of Spanish art: from El Greco to Murillo and Valdes Leal: paintings and drawings from British Collections, Nottingham University Art Gallery, 11/02/1980-29/03/1980

Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1978 (March - May)

16th Century Italian Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1969 ...More

A selection of Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1956

The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1955-56 ...Less

Literature

Dibujos Espanoles, Museo de Bellas Artes de Asturias, Oviedo, 2012
p. 20
Illus. no. 1 on p. 22

Véliz, Zahira, Spanish Drawings in the Courtauld Gallery: complete catalogue, London, 2011
no. 6
Illus. p. 64

Flavia Ormond, Master Drawings, February 2004
under no. 1 ...More

Garcia-Frias, Carmen, 'Romolo Cincinnato' in 'Dibujos italianos para El Escorial', Madrid, 1995
pp. 47-60, no. 3
Illus. no. 19

Zezza, A., Los frescoes italianos de El Escorial, Madrid, 1993
p. 137

Angulo Iñiguez, Diego and Alfonso E. Perez, A Corpus of Spanish Drawings, New York 1975-1988; 4 vols.
I, no. 128
Illus. pl. XXXIX

The golden age of Spanish art: from El Greco to Murillo and Valdes Leal: paintings and drawings from British Collections, Nottingham University Art Gallery, 1980
cat. no. 9

Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1978 (March - May)
cat. no. 6

A selection of Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1956
cat. no. 2 ...Less

Inscriptions

Inscription: no 4

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