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Coronation of the Virgin

Maker

(artist)
1609-1683

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1611-1690

Title

Coronation of the Virgin

Date of Production

1657

Medium

red chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, the top cut into an arch, laid down on a support

Dimensions

Height: 24.8 cm
Width: 15.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.619

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

Alleyne Fitzherbert, 1st Baron St Helens (1753-1839); Samuel Woodburn (London); John Barnard, London (1709-1784); Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford, London and Strawberry Hill (1717-1797); Spencer (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermarks: upper centre: globular shape with a letter “B” at a slant (similar to Piccard 21506-21525 – all German, second half 16th century – first quarter 17th century). Support (historic?), Recto: upper left corner: “FJ Head” (a 20th-century paper, according to vintagepaper.co.uk).

Inscription: Recto: lower right edge, brown ink, signed and dated with artist’s monogram: TB F 1657 8 funf [?]”.

Collector's mark: none.

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