Studies of a calf
Maker
(artist)
1510-1592
1510-1592
Title
Studies of a calf
Medium
black chalk on laid paper, cut into an irregular octagon, now laid down on Japanese tissue
Dimensions
Height: 23.8 cm
Width: 33.7 cm
Width: 33.7 cm
Accession Number
D.1958.WF.4669
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Fund, purchase, 1958
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
presumably Zaccaria Sagredo (1653 – 1729); John Skippe (1741-1812), presumably acquired in Italy between 1773 and 1781; presumably by descent to his sister, Penelope Martin; by descent to her son, James Martin; by descent to Edward Holland (d. 1916); by descent to his sister Mrs J. Rayner-Wood; by descent to her nephew Edward Holland-Martin; his sale, Christie's (London), 20 November 1958, lot 28; purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of the Courtauld Gallery via the Witt Fund, for £105
Exhibition History
Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970
Newly Acquired Drawings for the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965-1966
Newly Acquired Drawings for the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965-1966
Literature
Newly Acquired Drawings for the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965-1966
cat. no. 16
Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970
cat. no. 12
Rearick, William R., Il disegno veneziano del Cinquecento, 2001
p. 180
attributed to Carletto Caliari ...More
Meijer, Bert W., Il disegno Veneziano, 1580-1650. Ricostruzioni storico-artistiche, Florence 2017
p. 105n70
Chris Fischer, Venetian Drawings - Italian drawings in the Royal Collection of Graphic Art, Statens Museum fur Kunst 2018
p. 56-8
ill. on p. 18 ...Less
cat. no. 16
Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970
cat. no. 12
Rearick, William R., Il disegno veneziano del Cinquecento, 2001
p. 180
attributed to Carletto Caliari ...More
Meijer, Bert W., Il disegno Veneziano, 1580-1650. Ricostruzioni storico-artistiche, Florence 2017
p. 105n70
Chris Fischer, Venetian Drawings - Italian drawings in the Royal Collection of Graphic Art, Statens Museum fur Kunst 2018
p. 56-8
ill. on p. 18 ...Less
Inscriptions
Inscription: Bassan
Inscription: [...]aca
Inscription: inscription : chalk (black) : centre & recto : : R
Inscription: A
Inscription: B
Inscription: R
Inscription: [...]aca
Inscription: inscription : chalk (black) : centre & recto : : R
Inscription: A
Inscription: B
Inscription: R
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