Guillaume Courtois
1628-1679
St. Michael Vanquishing Lucifer
16 x 10 3/4 inches (409 x 272 mm)
Red chalk, pen and brown ink, brown-black wash, white opaque watercolor, on laid paper.
1982.1
Gift of Frederick B. Adams, Jr.
Notes
Watermark: none.
Formerly attributed to Benedetto Luti, Florence 1666-1724 Rome.
Previously attributed to Benedetto Luti, this drawing was recognized by David Lachenmann as the work of Guglielmo Cortese, il Borgognone. Two earlier drawings for the same composition are in the National Gallery of Canada (inv. 18727) and the Istituto Centrale per la Grafica [formerly known as the Gabinetto Nazionale delle Stampe], Rome (inv. FC 127089).
Formerly attributed to Benedetto Luti, Florence 1666-1724 Rome.
Previously attributed to Benedetto Luti, this drawing was recognized by David Lachenmann as the work of Guglielmo Cortese, il Borgognone. Two earlier drawings for the same composition are in the National Gallery of Canada (inv. 18727) and the Istituto Centrale per la Grafica [formerly known as the Gabinetto Nazionale delle Stampe], Rome (inv. FC 127089).
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at lower right corner, in graphite, "P. Cortona"; in different hands on verso of old mount, in various inks: at upper left, "Fawkener's Sale"; at center, "Pietro da Cortona"; numbered in opposite direction at left, "£43-2-d"; inscribed at upper right, in graphite, "John"; and at lower left, "Romanelli".
Associated names
Luti, Benedetto, 1666-1724, Formerly attributed to.
Fawkener, W., d. 1769, former owner.
Fawkener, Everard, former owner.
Adams, Frederick B. (Frederick Baldwin), 1910-2001, former owner.
Fawkener, W., d. 1769, former owner.
Fawkener, Everard, former owner.
Adams, Frederick B. (Frederick Baldwin), 1910-2001, former owner.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 273.
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