Virgin and Child
Maker
(artist)
1656-1746
1656-1746
Title
Virgin and Child
Date of Production
1670 - 1746
Medium
black and white chalk on laid paper prepared with a brown bodycolour ground (according to conservation notes, it was formerly mounted on pasteboard)
Dimensions
Height: 26.2 cm
Width: 20.8 cm
Width: 20.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.95
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
Charles Rogers, London (1711-1784) [no Lugt mark but see inscription on mount]; Spencer (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: unable to see any through the ground.
Collector's mark: Mount (removed, cut down but mounted with the drawing), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Mount (removed, cut down but mounted with the drawing), Recto: brown ink, first line in graphite, last line cut off: “From Roger’s collection / Francesco Trevisani – nato in Trevigi nel 1656 – morto nel 1746. / Il suo capo d’opera è il St. Giuseppe moribundo nella Chiesa del Collegio Reale / in Roma. Pittore d’uno stile piuttosto delicato che robusto. / From Roger’s collect[…]”.
Collector's mark: Mount (removed, cut down but mounted with the drawing), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Mount (removed, cut down but mounted with the drawing), Recto: brown ink, first line in graphite, last line cut off: “From Roger’s collection / Francesco Trevisani – nato in Trevigi nel 1656 – morto nel 1746. / Il suo capo d’opera è il St. Giuseppe moribundo nella Chiesa del Collegio Reale / in Roma. Pittore d’uno stile piuttosto delicato che robusto. / From Roger’s collect[…]”.
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