Lot Essay
The same head of the old man appears, slightly turned, in a drawing of eleven heads in the Courtauld Institute (Witt Collection 2390 c).
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St Jerome reading
Details
Isaac Oliver (1556-1617)
St Jerome reading
with inscription 'by I. Oliver' (lower centre in the hand of Jonathan Richardson) and with further inscription 'from Richardson's Collect.' (lower left in the hand of Horace Walpole)
pen and brown ink, grey wash, on the artist's original mount
4½ x 3½ in. (11.5 x 9 cm.)
St Jerome reading
with inscription 'by I. Oliver' (lower centre in the hand of Jonathan Richardson) and with further inscription 'from Richardson's Collect.' (lower left in the hand of Horace Walpole)
pen and brown ink, grey wash, on the artist's original mount
4½ x 3½ in. (11.5 x 9 cm.)
Provenance
Jonathan Richardson, Jun. (L.2170).
Horace Walpole.
Dr Barry Delany (L.350).
Anon. sale; Sotheby's,London, 26 November 1970, lot 57.
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, London, 13 December 1973, lot 39.
Anon. sale; Christie's, London 8 November 1994, lot 4.
Horace Walpole.
Dr Barry Delany (L.350).
Anon. sale; Sotheby's,London, 26 November 1970, lot 57.
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, London, 13 December 1973, lot 39.
Anon. sale; Christie's, London 8 November 1994, lot 4.
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