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Virgin and Child

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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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[…]”.

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