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Virgin and Child

Maker

(artist)
1555-1619

Title

Virgin and Child

Date of Production

1570 - 1619

Medium

pen and brown ink, brown wash, squared in graphite, on brown laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 17.2 cm
Width: 13.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.606

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

probably William Esdaile, London (1758-1837), L.2617; Spencer (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Giampaolo, Mario di, 'Una scheda per il Malosso' in 'Antichita viva', 1976; 5
p. 21
Illus. p. 21, fig. 6

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower centre edge, brown ink: “D100”. Verso, upper right, brown ink, very faded and difficult to read: “del Cav. Malossi [...]".

Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, pen and brown ink: William Edwards (L.2616) or William Esdaile (L.2617)? (not an exact match to either but as is handwritten this is not out of the question).

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