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Studies of figures of apostles in the cupola of the cathedral at Parma

Maker

After
(artist)
1489-1534

Title

Medium

chalk (red) on two pieces of laid paper of different sizes now joined together and laid down on Japanese tissue; lower sheet has had a strip added to its right edge to extend its width to match the upper sheet

Dimensions

Height: 32.9 cm
Width: 22.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1982.JW.34

Mode of Acquisition

John Witt, Art Fund bequest & grant aid, 1982

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

Provenance

Jonathan Richardson, the elder, London (1665-1745); possibly his sale, Christopher Cock (London), 22 January - 8 February 1747, any one of 55 lots listing Correggio; anonymous sale, Christie's (London), 10 June 1932, lot 1 (with 13 others); purchased there by Sir John Witt, London (1907-1982); John Witt Bequest via the Art Fund 1982

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermarks: none in the drawing sheets. Mount (removed, in box of mounts from P&D), Verso: centre, only visible in raking light: Strasburg lily with a countermark of letters (currently illegible).

Inscription: Coreggio

Inscription: T.

Inscription: 252

Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir John Witt (L.646a)

Inscription: Studio del Corregio della galleria de Bolongie [sic] / 38

Collector's mark: collector's mark of Jonathan Richardson, the elder (L.2184)

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