Saints Mark and Marcellinus being led to martyrdom (after Veronese's painting in San Sebastiano, Venice)
Maker
(artist)
1630-1691
After
(artist)
1528-1588
1630-1691
After
(artist)
1528-1588
Title
Saints Mark and Marcellinus being led to martyrdom (after Veronese's painting in San Sebastiano, Venice)
Date of Production
1645 - 1691
Medium
black and white chalk, graphite on blue laid paper, on a historic mount
Dimensions
Height: 19.9 cm
Width: 29.2 cm
Width: 29.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1955.WF.4641
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Fund, purchase, 1955
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Francesco Maria Niccolò Gabburri, Florence (d. 1742), L.2992b; Witt Fund Purchase 1955
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 128
Barbolani di Montauto, Novella, Livio Mehus (1627-1691). L’opera grafica e i dipinti giovanili, Phd Thesis, University of Pisa 2004
p. 132, no. 29
Barbolani di Montauto, Novella, 'L'antico e Venezia nei disegni di Livio Mehus' in 'Paragone', Sept.-Nov. 2017 - pp. 26-55; LXVIII, 125-136 (811-813)
p. 37
tav. 35
p. 128
Barbolani di Montauto, Novella, Livio Mehus (1627-1691). L’opera grafica e i dipinti giovanili, Phd Thesis, University of Pisa 2004
p. 132, no. 29
Barbolani di Montauto, Novella, 'L'antico e Venezia nei disegni di Livio Mehus' in 'Paragone', Sept.-Nov. 2017 - pp. 26-55; LXVIII, 125-136 (811-813)
p. 37
tav. 35
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: per Peter Bower, indeterminate, possibly a version of the Italian Three Hills in ornamented lozenge, rather than wtihin the more usual circle (no match found in Heawood or Piccard).
Collector's mark: Verso (hidden under support): lower right edge, brown ink: Francesco Maria Nicolo Gabburri (L.2992b).
Inscription: Recto: within drawing, each figure is labelled in red chalk with letters or numbers, such as "D9" "T" "d" "u" "P" etc. Verso (hidden behind support, visible only via transmitted light): lower right edge, ink, Gabburri's hand: illegible even with strong torch due to thickness of support, but Novella Barbolani thinks it must read "Di Livio Meus da Paolo in S. Sebastiano di Venezia". Support (historic), Verso: upper centre, brown ink, inventory number in Gabburri's collection: "Di Livio Meus / N.o. 1370."; upper right corner, graphite, circled: "1"; right lower edge, graphite: "3"; lower left corner, graphite: "D. 198".
Collector's mark: Verso (hidden under support): lower right edge, brown ink: Francesco Maria Nicolo Gabburri (L.2992b).
Inscription: Recto: within drawing, each figure is labelled in red chalk with letters or numbers, such as "D9" "T" "d" "u" "P" etc. Verso (hidden behind support, visible only via transmitted light): lower right edge, ink, Gabburri's hand: illegible even with strong torch due to thickness of support, but Novella Barbolani thinks it must read "Di Livio Meus da Paolo in S. Sebastiano di Venezia". Support (historic), Verso: upper centre, brown ink, inventory number in Gabburri's collection: "Di Livio Meus / N.o. 1370."; upper right corner, graphite, circled: "1"; right lower edge, graphite: "3"; lower left corner, graphite: "D. 198".
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