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Saint Jerome in a landscape (recto)

Maker

Giovanni Battista Rovedata (artist)
died 1620

Title

Saint Jerome in a landscape (recto)

Date of Production

1610

Medium

pen and brown ink on laid paper, on a historic mount
verso

Dimensions

Height: 28.4 cm
Width: 42.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.WF.4583

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Fund, purchase, 1952

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords



Provenance

Henri de Bourbon-Parma, Comte de Bardi (1851-1905); Leonard G. Duke, London (1890-1971); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 15 August 1951; purchased there by The Courtauld, 2 July 1952 (£16) via the Witt Fund

Literature

Meijer, Bert W., Il disegno Veneziano, 1580-1650. Ricostruzioni storico-artistiche, Florence 2017
p. 20n125
attributed to Paolo Fiammingo

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: upper right of centre, too difficult to decipher b/c of mount.

Inscription: Recto: within drawing, lower centre (on steps), brown ink: “1610 / zuan Batista Rovedata Fecit //”. Mount (historic), Verso: lower centre, graphite, L.G. Duke’s hand: “Giovanni Battista Rovedata died after 29 9.1620 / St Jerome + the Lion. Signed + dated 1610 / when the / artist, who had worked in Venice + Trento, was living / in Verona. / Collector’s Mark Lugt 336. / Later in the collection of Prince Henri de Bourbon. Parma, / Comte de Bardi. / LGD / This drawing has been photographed by the Brit Mus. //”; lower right, graphite, Colnaghi number: “A. 18465”; lower right edge, graphite, underlined: “Blue-Grey”. Witt Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: “Giovanni Battista Rovedata / Italian m. p 1610 / Signed and dated / Colls. Conte di Bardi and Prince / Henri de Bourbon-Parme. / (Lugt 336) TO //”.

Collector's mark: Recto: lower right edge, stamped in black: Conte di Bardi (L.336).

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