The Blessed Henry Suso Kneeling before Eternal Wisdom
17th century
Artists
Dimensions
50.5 x 34.2 cm (19 7/8 x 13 7/16 in.)
Provenance
Sir Charles Greville (L. 549, verso, lower left), by descent; to his nephew, George Guy, 4th Earl of Warwick (L. 2600, lower right), sold; [Christie’s, London, 20 May 1896, lot 106 (with two others)]; to Charles Fairfax Murray, London. Professor John Isaacs, London, sold; [Sotheby’s, London, 12 March 1963, lot 157 (with another)]; to Ralph Holland, Newcastle upon Tyne, sold; [Sotheby’s, London, 5 July 2013, lot 349, repr.]; to Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Richard Norton Memorial Fund, 2013.43.
Related Artworks
View MoreBrown ink, brown and gray wash, and black chalk on off-white antqiue laid paper
17th centuryFlemishBrown ink, brown wash, and white and gray opaque watercolor over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, partial framing line in graphite and mounted overall to wove paper
17th centuryFlemishBrown ink and gray wash on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in black ink
17th centuryFlemishBrown ink on light tan antique laid paper, mounted down
17th centuryFlemishBrown ink over graphite on off-white antique laid paper; verso: brown ink trial strokes
17th-18th centuryFlemishTransparent watercolor and brown ink over graphite on off-white antique laid paper, laid down on antique laid paper
16th-17th centuryFlemishBrown ink, gray wash, and green watercolor over graphite on cream antique laid paper, triple framing line in graphite
17th centuryFlemishOpaque watercolor on parchment, scored around perimeter; verso: green transparent watercolor
17th centuryFlemishBlack and red chalk and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in black chalk
17th centuryFlemishGouache and watercolor on antique laid paper
17th centuryFlemishBrown ink and brown wash over black chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryFlemishBrown ink on off-white antique laid paper; verso: graphite
17th centuryFlemish