Holy Family in a landscape
Maker
(artist)
1642-1708
1642-1708
Title
Holy Family in a landscape
Date of Production
1600 - 1699
Medium
black chalk, pen and brown ink, grey wash, white bodycolour on laid paper, laid down on a historic support
Dimensions
Height: 19.3 cm
Width: 30 cm
Width: 30 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.743
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
Sotheby's (London), 12 July 1922, lot 11; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (10 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
French 17th Century Drawings, Bristol City Art Gallery, Bristol, 1956
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink, signed by the artist: “M Corneille”. Support (historic), Recto: lower left corner, brown ink: “No 30”; lower centre, graphite, very difficult to read: “St Jean [?]”. Support (historic), Verso: centre, graphite, Witt number: “743”.
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink, signed by the artist: “M Corneille”. Support (historic), Recto: lower left corner, brown ink: “No 30”; lower centre, graphite, very difficult to read: “St Jean [?]”. Support (historic), Verso: centre, graphite, Witt number: “743”.
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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