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Raising of the Cross

Maker

(artist)
1550-1628

Title

Raising of the Cross

Date of Production

(circa) 1585 - 1600

Medium

pen and brown ink on laid paper, laid down; pen and ink drawing of the same scene on the verso visible with transmitted light, as is evidence of red chalk

Dimensions

Height: 19.6 cm
Width: 30.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1978.PG.372

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

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Provenance

Charles Earle; purchased from his heirs (? the Colnaghi archive book normally lists the name of the seller but here it is written as "Col: Charles Earle", suggesting it was previously in that collection and perhaps now inherited; was this the artist Charles Earle, 1832-1893? A Lt. Col. Charles Earle is listed in a 1954 Christie's catalogue and another Charles Earle is listed in Christie's catalogues in the 1980s) by Colnaghi (London), 27 May 1956; purchased there by Count Antoine Seilern, London (1901-1978), 27 June 1958 (£60); Princes Gate Bequest 1978

Exhibition History

Old Master Drawings, Colnaghi, London, 17/06/1958-17/07/1958

Literature

Seilern, Count Antoine, Italian paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London SW7. Addenda, London 1969; V
no. 372
pl. LVII
dated c. 1585-1600

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: unable to see clearly, possibly a bunch of grapes.

Collector's mark: none.

Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): lower right, graphite, Colnaghi inv. no.: "A 22169"; lower right corner, graphite: "21".

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