Sphinx
Maker
Attributed to
(artist)
1501-1556
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1500-1599
(artist)
1501-1556
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1500-1599
Title
Sphinx
Date of Production
1500 - 1599
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink on laid paper, laid down, in historic marginal support
Dimensions
Height: 13.1 cm
Width: 20 cm
Width: 20 cm
Accession Number
D.1984.AB.25
Mode of Acquisition
Anthony Blunt, Art Fund bequest & grant aid, 1984
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
William Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney (1835-1909); by descent to his wife, Margaret Susan Mitford (1835-1919); her estate sale, Sotheby's (London), 14 December 1921; Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952); Alister Mathews, Bournemouth (1907-1985); his sale, Spring 1973, lot 28 (as by Luzio Romano); purchased there by Professor Anthony Blunt, London (1907-1983); Blunt Bequest via the Art Fund 1984
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: lower centre? Unable to discern clearly through backing sheet.
Collector's mark: Verso (backing sheet): lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: upper left corner, brown ink: "D"; lower centre edge, brown ink: "Pierino". Verso: lower left, ink: hidden behind backing sheet and now illegible. Support (historic), Recto: lower left, graphite: "Attrib. G. Da Carpi"; lower right corner, graphite, inv. no.: "D.1984.AB.25". Support (historic), Verso), all graphite, all Blunt's hand: upper left: "C25"; upper centre; "Attd to Girolamo da Carpi (MH, J-S, HP.)"; lower left: "Luzio Romano"; lower centre: "a/c 126-31* / Compare plate 158 of "Ital=Drawings-Raphael & his Circle" British Museum / & page 112 of two text volume P //"; lower right: with an arrow pointing from L.2228b on the drawing "WITT / Amherst of / Hackney / (NBR-dy) [?] //".
Collector's mark: Verso (backing sheet): lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: upper left corner, brown ink: "D"; lower centre edge, brown ink: "Pierino". Verso: lower left, ink: hidden behind backing sheet and now illegible. Support (historic), Recto: lower left, graphite: "Attrib. G. Da Carpi"; lower right corner, graphite, inv. no.: "D.1984.AB.25". Support (historic), Verso), all graphite, all Blunt's hand: upper left: "C25"; upper centre; "Attd to Girolamo da Carpi (MH, J-S, HP.)"; lower left: "Luzio Romano"; lower centre: "a/c 126-31* / Compare plate 158 of "Ital=Drawings-Raphael & his Circle" British Museum / & page 112 of two text volume P //"; lower right: with an arrow pointing from L.2228b on the drawing "WITT / Amherst of / Hackney / (NBR-dy) [?] //".
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