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Frieze with allegorical figures in a procession carrying animals and other goods

Maker

Attributed to
(artist)
1511-1551

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1499-1543

Title

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, white bodycolour on blue laid paper, on a historic mount

Dimensions

Height: 22 cm
Width: 41.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.762

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

Thomas Hudson, London (1701-1779), L.2432; possibly any number of lots (described very vaguely but several list drawings by Polidoro) at his estate sale, Langford (Covent Garden), 15-27 March 1779; Sir Joshua Reynolds, London (1723-1792), L.3016a; his estate sale, H. Phillips (London), 5 - 22 March 1798, lot 895; Sir John Charles Robinson, London (1824-1913), L.1433; Dr Carl Robert Rudolf, London (1884-1974), L.2811b; property of a Gentleman, Sotheby's (London), 10 December 1930, possibly lot 14 ('Various drawings by or attributed to Caravaggio, Carracci, Andrea del Sarto etc.'); purchased there by Colnaghi (London); acquired by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 1935 (£10, and in part exchange, probably for one of a number of drawings Witt sold Colnaghi on 16 September); Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to mount.

Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower right edge, graphite: “Biaggio Pupini”;. Mount (historic), Verso: lower right edge, graphite, Colnaghi number: “A6188”.

Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Thomas Hudson (L.2432). Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b); lower right, graphite: John Charles Robinson (L.1433, although per Lugt this mark is only known in pen and ink); lower right, stamped in black ink: Dr Carl Robert Rudolf (L.2811b). Verso: right centre edge, red ink: Sir Joshua Reynolds (L.3016a), lot “895”.

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