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Study of a kneeling man for the 'Presentation in the Temple' (Parish Church, Tricesimo, Italy, 1583)

Maker

(artist)
1550-1628

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1500-1563

Title

Study of a kneeling man for the 'Presentation in the Temple' (Parish Church, Tricesimo, Italy, 1583)

Date of Production

(circa) 1583

Medium

chalk (black and white) on brown laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 28.7 cm
Width: 18 cm

Accession Number

D.1961.WF.4707

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Fund, purchase & grant aid with assistance of the Art Fund, 1961

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords





Provenance

probably acquired in Italy by John Skippe (1741-1812), between 1773 and 1781; probably 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 their nephew, Edward Holland-Martin; his sale, Christie's (London), 20 - 21 November 1958, lot 138A (as by Schiavone); purchased there by J. Manning (?); purchased from him by The Courtauld Gallery via the Witt Fund, December 1961

Exhibition History

Disegni veneti di collezioni inglesi, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, 1980

Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970

16th Century Italian Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1969 ...More

Newly Acquired Drawings for the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965-1966 ...Less

Literature

Tietze, Hans and Erica Tietze-Conrat, The drawings of the Venetian Painters in the 15th and 16th centuries, New York, 1944
no. 1025

Newly Acquired Drawings for the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965-1966
cat. no. 17
pl. IV

Mullaly, Terence, 'La Pittura Veneta del Seicento in Friuli at Udine' in 'Burlington Magazine', January 1969 - 44-47
p. 47
fig. 66 on p. 46
see attached PDF ...More

Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970
cat. no. 20

Disegni veneti di collezioni inglesi, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, 1980 ...Less

Inscriptions

Inscription: Andrea Schia[...]

Inscription: Recorded in condition report (1980) that on the mount (now removed and missing) a ballpoint inscription recorded that this came from the Skippe collection.

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