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Sheet of studies with a child and a monk (recto)

Maker

Attributed to
(artist)
1439-1507

Title

Date of Production

(circa) 1480

Medium

pen and brown ink and black chalk (recto), pen and brown ink (verso) on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 7.9 cm
Width: 7.1 cm

Accession Number

D.1978.PG.347

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

unidentified collector (blindstamped mark on verso, lower left); Sotheby's (London), July 1960, lot 15 (as Fra Bartolommeo, 'Study of a monk and child'); purchased there by Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Count Antoine Seilern, London (1901-1978), 3 August 1960 (£100, as Florentine Master, late 15th century, 'Study of a monk'); Princes Gate Bequest 1978

Literature

Seilern, Count Antoine, Italian paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London SW7. Addenda, London 1969; V
no. 347
pl. XXXIV(b)
as Rosselli(?) dated c. 1480

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: upper centre: a hand, possibly with a mark above such as a star but paper quality prevents a clear identification.

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left, blindstamped: small square or diamond, unable to see what it contains (not on Lugt, 4 x 4 mm, see photo).

Inscription: Verso: centre, graphite: "Pl"; lower left edge, graphite: "Hr"; lower right edge, graphite: "Tn 35".

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