Study with Temptation of Adam and Eve (recto)
Figure study of Eve (verso)
Maker
(artist)
1530-1593
1530-1593
Title
Study with Temptation of Adam and Eve (recto)
Figure study of Eve (verso)
Figure study of Eve (verso)
Date of Production
(circa) 1575
Medium
red chalk, graphite, pen and brown ink, with graphite framing lines on the right and lower edges (recto), traces of graphite and red chalk (verso) on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 20.6 cm
Width: 25.4 cm
Width: 25.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1978.PG.103
Mode of Acquisition
Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Giuseppe Vallardi, Milan (1784-1863), L.1223 (lower left on recto and verso); Captain Carlo Prayer, Milan (1826-1900), L.2044 (lower right); Count Antoine Seilern, London (1901-1978); Princes Gate Bequest 1978
Literature
Seilern, Count Antoine, Italian paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, SW7, London 1959; II
no. 103
pl. LXIII
dated c. 1575
no. 103
pl. LXIII
dated c. 1575
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: upper centre edge: small curved line, too fragmentary to identify.
Inscription: Recto: upper left, erased and rewritten just below, red chalk: “G 325” (Vallardi's number). Verso: right lower edge, graphite: “525”; lower right, graphite: “No. 80”; lower right corner, graphite: “3”.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in blue: Giuseppe Vallardi (L.1223); lower right corner, stamped in red: Carlo Prayer (L.2044). Verso: lower left corner, stamped in blue: Giuseppe Vallardi (L.1223).
Inscription: Recto: upper left, erased and rewritten just below, red chalk: “G 325” (Vallardi's number). Verso: right lower edge, graphite: “525”; lower right, graphite: “No. 80”; lower right corner, graphite: “3”.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in blue: Giuseppe Vallardi (L.1223); lower right corner, stamped in red: Carlo Prayer (L.2044). Verso: lower left corner, stamped in blue: Giuseppe Vallardi (L.1223).
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