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Despoiling of Christ

Maker

(artist)
1699-1749

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1596-1675

Title

Despoiling of Christ

Date of Production

1700 - 1799

Medium

pen and black ink, grey wash, white bodycolour on buff laid paper, laid down on a historic mount

Dimensions

Height: 42.7 cm
Width: 60.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1962.WF.4713

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Fund, purchase, 1962 (October)

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords





Provenance

anonymous sale, Sotheby's (London), 15 November 1961, lot 181 (as 'Erection of the Cross' by van Diepenbeeck); purchased there by Colnaghi (London); purchased there by The Courtauld via the Witt Fund, 3 November 1962 (£60, as by van Diepenbeeck)

Exhibition History

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. 41

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to mount.

Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left edge, brown ink: “Subleras.”. Mount (historic), Verso: upper right corner, graphite, sums: “[...] 595 / 75 + 5 / 75.0 //” and “42 / 15 / 57 //“; lower right corner, graphite: “22 5/8 x 29 1/4 sight”; lower right corner, graphite, Colnaghi number: “D25676”.

Collector's mark: none.

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