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Deborah and Barach

Maker

(artist)
1657-1747

Title

Deborah and Barach

Date of Production

1721 - 1725

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, grey wash on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 27.5 cm
Width: 42.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.632

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

Label Text

In this dramatic Old Testament scene the prophetess Deborah orders Barach, the commander of the Israelites, to gather his men and fight against the Canaanite armies of Sisera. They had oppressed the Jewish people for twenty years. The prophetess is shown standing underneath the palm tree where she received God’s command to undertake her mission. In this study for a painting now in the Galleria Sabauda in Turin, Solimena skilfully applied grey wash to achieve an atmospheric chiaroscuro effect.

Provenance

Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel (1585-1646); Spencer (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Special Display - Neapolitan drawings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 06/10/2011-26/01/2012

Barock in Neapel, Kunstforum der Bank Austria, Vienna and Castel Sant'Elmo, Naples, 10/12/1993-20/02/1994

Italian Drawings of the 17th and 18th Centuries from the Witt
Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/03/1971-01/04/1971 ...More

Neapolitan Baroque and Rococo Painting, Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, Durham, 01/06/1962-12/08/1962

Exhibition of Works by Old Masters and Scottish portraits, National Gallery of Scotland & Edinburgh, 1883 ...Less

Literature

Barock in Neapel: Kunst zur Zeit der osterreichischen Vizekonige, Kunstforum der Bank Austria, Vienna; Castel Sant'Elmo, Naples, 1993-1994
no. 106
Illus. p. 336

Vitzthum, Walter, Il Barocco a Napoli e nell'Italia Meridonale, Milan 1971
Illus. pl. XXXI

Gabinetto disegni e stampe degli Uffizi, Cento Disegno Napoletani, 1967; XXVI
p. 64 ...More

Neapolitan Baroque and Rococo Painting, Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, Durham, 1962
cat. no. 74

Bologna, Ferdinando, Francesco Solimena, Naples 1958 ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: circle, containing a stag? (difficult to see – could be similar to Heawood 3850 but is larger).

Collector's mark: none.

Inscription: none.

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