Sacrifice
Maker
(artist)
1527-1596
1527-1596
Title
Sacrifice
Date of Production
1545 - 1596
Medium
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, squared in black chalk, on laid paper, laid down with brown ink framing lines, hinged at top onto a historic mount
Dimensions
Height: 30.6 cm
Width: 25.2 cm
Width: 25.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.594
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
Thomas Hudson, London (1701-1779), L.2432; possibly his estate sale, Langford (Covent Garden), 15-27 March 1779, third night, lot 44 ('four by Pellegrini, Tibaldi &c.'); Hôtel Drouot (Paris), 1877; Robert Low, London (1838-1909), L.2222; Spencer (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermarks: Recto: upper left: circle containing fleur-de-lis (similar to Briquet 7106). Backing sheet: seven-pointed star with long, thin arms connected by a wavy pole to something illegible (no match in Briquet or Heawood).
Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): upper right corner, graphite: illegible b/c obscured by hinge; lower right, graphite, first line erased and hard to read: “B[…]o? / lR Thos. Hudson / Pellegrino Tibaldi 1549 / ck //”. Mount (historic), Recto: lower right (under drawing), graphite, unclear: “Paris / H Drouot / 1877 //”; lower right, graphite, erased and hard to read: “Pellegrini Tibaldi / […] coll Thomas Hudson //”. Mount (historic), Verso: centre, graphite, Witt number: “594”.
Collector's mark: Recto: right lower edge, stamped in black ink, cut off at edge: Thomas Hudson (L.2432). Mount (historic), Recto: lower left, stamped in purple ink: Robert Low (L.2222).
Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): upper right corner, graphite: illegible b/c obscured by hinge; lower right, graphite, first line erased and hard to read: “B[…]o? / lR Thos. Hudson / Pellegrino Tibaldi 1549 / ck //”. Mount (historic), Recto: lower right (under drawing), graphite, unclear: “Paris / H Drouot / 1877 //”; lower right, graphite, erased and hard to read: “Pellegrini Tibaldi / […] coll Thomas Hudson //”. Mount (historic), Verso: centre, graphite, Witt number: “594”.
Collector's mark: Recto: right lower edge, stamped in black ink, cut off at edge: Thomas Hudson (L.2432). Mount (historic), Recto: lower left, stamped in purple ink: Robert Low (L.2222).
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