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Magdalen annointing the feet of Christ

Maker

(artist)
1638-1706

Title

Magdalen annointing the feet of Christ

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

graphite, grey wash and white bodycolour on heavily foxed laid paper, with black ink framing lines, laid down

Dimensions

Height: 30.7 cm
Width: 42 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.655

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

Joachim Gustav Heinrich Winckler, Hamburg and London (b. 1882); Joseph Baer (Frankfurt); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£1); Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermarks: none visible in the drawing sheet. Backing sheet, Verso: centre left, unclear due to double layer of sheets: a large “4” with smaller letters, “H”?

Inscription: Recto: lower centre edge, graphite: “N 10-”; lower right corner, brown ink, signed: “Isaac Fisches F n: [cut off by black ink border]”. Verso (backing sheet): lower right corner, graphite: “Lk”. Mount (removed but still mounted with the drawing), Recto: upper left corner, graphite, cut off: “[…]88”; lower right, graphite: “Isaac Fishes 1677 – 1705. (monogr.)” and below that in green crayon, an approximation of Fisches’ monogram?; left lower edge, graphite, cut off: “[…]5”; lower left corner, adhered on a separate strip of paper and typewritten in black, cut off: “ISAAC FISHES / 1677 – 1705 / […]”; lower right edge, graphite, Witt's hand, cut off: “Coll Winckler”.

Collector's mark: Verso (backing sheet): lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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