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Virgin and Child with saints

Maker

(artist)
1577-1660

Formerly attributed to
Moretto da Brescia (artist)
1498-1554

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1460-1526

Title

Virgin and Child with saints

Date of Production

1597 - 1660

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 13.1 cm
Width: 17.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1978.PG.91

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

John Thane, London (1748-1818), L.1544 (lower left); Sir Thomas Lawrence, London (1769-1830), L.2445 (lower left); John Postle Heseltine, London (1843-1929) (information from Victor Koch); acquired from him by Victor Koch, Hampstead (1867-1959); purchased from him by Count Antoine Seilern, Vienna (1901-1978), 1937; Princes Gate Bequest 1978 See Long Description for more on Victor Koch.

Literature

Seilern, Count Antoine, Corrigenda and Addenda to the Catalogue of paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, London 1971
no. 91
reattributed to Moretto da Brescia and re-dated as c. 1520-25

Seilern, Count Antoine, Italian paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, SW7, London 1959; II
no. 91
pl. XLVIII
as Venetian School early 16th c, dated c. 1510-15

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, written in brown ink: John Thane (L.1544); lower left, blindstamped; Sir Thomas Lawrence (L.2445).

Stamp: Recorded in 1984 condition report that there was an 'Ausfuhr' stamp present on the mount; if the same as on other drawings in the Seilern collection, it is a blue export stamp reading "von der zentralstelle für denkmalschutz zur ausfuhr freigegeben".

Inscription: Recto: lower right edge, graphite: illegible word.

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