John Whitcomb Bayley, Cheltenham (1787-1869) (according to inscription on verso by Crozier); presumably acquired from him by Robert Crozier [the artist from Manchester, 1815-1891?] (his inscription on verso); Archibald George Blomefield Russell, London and Swanage (1879-1955), L.2770a (lower left), by 1930 (see Royal Academy exhibition label now in file); his sale, Sotheby's (London), 9 June 1955, lot 11; purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Count Antoine Seilern (1901-1978) (£1,600); Princes Gate Bequest 1978

Drawings by Old Masters, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1953

Mostra di Paolo Veronese, Ca' Giustinian, Venice, 25/04/1939-04/11/1939

Exposition de l'art italien, de Cimabue à Tiepolo, Petit Palais, Paris, 1935 ...More

Seilern, Count Antoine, Corrigenda and Addenda to the Catalogue of paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, London 1971
no. 98

Seilern, Count Antoine, Italian paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, SW7, London 1959; II
no. 98
pl. LVII
as Bassano, dated c. 1575

Lugt, Frits, Les marques de collections. Supplément, The Hague 1956
p. 395 under L.2770a
as Veronese ...More

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, right centre: difficult to discern due to backing sheet, looks like a simple crown with three points, the chainline as midline, above another mark composed of single lines (nothing similar found in Heawood or Briquet).

Label: Removed from a former mount or frame and now kept in the object file: blue octagonal label, the number in red crayon and the name in pen and black ink, from the 1935 Petit Palais exhibition: “No 731 / Russell”; RA 1953 exhibition label printed in black, filled in with typewriter: “N.B. – This label to be affixed to the back of the frame (not the canvas) of the Picture / ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS / DIPLOMA GALLERY, 1953 – OLD MASTERS’ DRAWINGS / Artist Paolo Veronese (1528-1588) / Title Gondolier / Ser. No. / 36 / Name and / Address of / Owner A.G.B. Russell, Esq., C.V.O., / Lancaster Herald, / College of Arms, / Queen Victoria St., E.C.4. / (Please correct any particulars not properly given)”; RA 1930 exhibition label printed in black, filled in with a typewriter, with the number at upper left in pen and red ink and the letter in black chalk: “Reg. No. Cat. No. 138 / C / EXHIBITION OF ITALIAN ART / ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS / Jan. 1st – March 8th, 1930 / Artist Paolo Veronese / Title of Work Gondolier / Name and / Address of / Owner / A.G.B. Russell Esq. M.V.O. / 88a Cromwell Road, / S.W.7. / Medium Size / x”; written in pen and brown ink (Russell’s hand?): “Archibald G.B. Russell, Esq., / Lancaster Herald / College of Arms, / Queen Victoria Street, / E.C.4.”; Petit Palais exhibition label, printed in black ink and filled in with typewriter in purple ink: “EXHIBITION OF ITALIAN ART. PETIT PALAIS / Name Archibald G. B. Russell Esq. / Title “Un Gondolier” by / Paul Veronese. / No. 7 / CHENUE, / Exhibition Agent and Packer, / 10 Great St. Andrew Street, / SHAFTESBURY AVENUE, LONDON, W.C.”; Italian customs stamp printed in brown ink, presumably from 1939 Veronese exhibition in Venice: “ne / MERCI / DOGANA ITALIANA / VISITATE / 6808”.

Inscription: Support (historic), Verso: upper centre, graphite, Robert Crozier's hand: "From the collection of Mr. Bailey / of Cheltenham / The drawing was caught by a flood / in the Arno at Florence / hence the stains / R. Crozier".

Collector's mark: Recto: lower left, stamped in black: Archibald George Blomefield Russell (L.2770a).