Despoiling of Christ
Maker
(artist)
1699-1749
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1596-1675
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
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
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.
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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