Study for decoration of a church featuring Baptism of Christ, Adoration of the Magi and Last Supper
Maker
(artist)
1884-1937
1884-1937
Title
Study for decoration of a church featuring Baptism of Christ, Adoration of the Magi and Last Supper
Date of Production
(circa) 1925
Medium
graphite sketch of building (upper half of recto), pen and black and brown ink, watercolour and bodycolour, squared in graphite (lower half), on wove paper; loss at right upper edge; strong horizontal and vertical folds at centre from being folded in quarters, with pinholes running along the folds; pinholes also at upper corners and at certain grid lines
Dimensions
Height: 76.2 cm
Width: 56 cm
Width: 56 cm
Accession Number
D.1962.GC.394
Mode of Acquisition
Gabrielle Cross, gift, 1962
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
by descent to the artist's niece, Miss Gabrielle Cross (1910-1997); Gabrielle Cross Gift 1962
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: left centre, black chalk, a calculation but numbers are written over other numbers: “17 / 3 [written over “5” 2 / [sum line] 51 [written over “55” and “50””; centre, black chalk: “20” and “60”; right centre, graphite: “3 / 50 / 17 [written over “16”] / 3 / [sum line] 20 / 18 / 2”; left centre edge, graphite: “16 ½ / 3 / [sum line] 450”; lower left, grid labelled vertically in graphite, in descending order from “P” to “A” and along the lower edge sequentially from “1” to “19”; upper left (within drawing), black ink: “HODIE IN JORDANE A JONNE / CHRISTVS BAPTIZARE VOLVIT”; upper centre (within drawing), black ink: “HODIE STELLA MAGOS / DVXIT AD PRAESEPIVM”; upper right (within drawing), black ink: “HODIE VINVM EX AQVA / FACTVM EST AD NVPTIAS”; lower left (hidden among foliage), black ink, signed with initials?: “GP”; lower right, graphite: “HOP”. Verso: upper left edge, black chalk: “HODIE IN JORDANE A JOANNE CHRISTVS BAPTIZARI VOLVIT”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: left centre, black chalk, a calculation but numbers are written over other numbers: “17 / 3 [written over “5” 2 / [sum line] 51 [written over “55” and “50””; centre, black chalk: “20” and “60”; right centre, graphite: “3 / 50 / 17 [written over “16”] / 3 / [sum line] 20 / 18 / 2”; left centre edge, graphite: “16 ½ / 3 / [sum line] 450”; lower left, grid labelled vertically in graphite, in descending order from “P” to “A” and along the lower edge sequentially from “1” to “19”; upper left (within drawing), black ink: “HODIE IN JORDANE A JONNE / CHRISTVS BAPTIZARE VOLVIT”; upper centre (within drawing), black ink: “HODIE STELLA MAGOS / DVXIT AD PRAESEPIVM”; upper right (within drawing), black ink: “HODIE VINVM EX AQVA / FACTVM EST AD NVPTIAS”; lower left (hidden among foliage), black ink, signed with initials?: “GP”; lower right, graphite: “HOP”. Verso: upper left edge, black chalk: “HODIE IN JORDANE A JOANNE CHRISTVS BAPTIZARI VOLVIT”.
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