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Virgin and Child surrounded by putti (recto)
Nude male figure (upper half) by a later hand (verso)

Maker

Jean-Jacques, the younger Lagrenée (artist)
1739-1821

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1578-1615

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1618-1682

Title

Virgin and Child surrounded by putti (recto)
Nude male figure (upper half) by a later hand (verso)

Medium

red chalk with stumping on laid paper, on a historic mount, which itself has a drawing on the verso, in black and red chalk on a grey-prepared ground

Dimensions

Height: 30.5 cm
Width: 22.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1970.WF.4755

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Fund, purchase, 1970

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords






Provenance

possibly Pierre Crozat, Paris (1665-1740); Dr de Croës (?); Bernard Chesnais; Martin & Sewell (London); purchased there by The Courtauld via the Witt Fund, 1970

Exhibition History

Italian Drawings of the 17th and 18th Centuries from the Witt
Collection
, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/03/1971-01/04/1971

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to mount.

Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower right, graphite, faded and hard to read: “Murillo (BE) [?] / Madonna + Infant Christ / 422 / 3 //”. Mount (historic), Verso: upper left, black ink: “IT”; upper right edge, graphite: “37x46”; upper left, dark brown ink: “paime”; lower left edge, graphite: “xx”. Backboard of frame (removed, recorded on current mount): “Sewell 53-52-8” and “Attrib. Murillo”.

Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: unidentified collector (not in Lugt).

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