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The Decapitation of a Saint

Drawing
first half 17th century (drawn)
Artist/Maker

Decapitation near a temple, a man's head has been cut off by a sword. Numerous figures are around, a Roman general on horseback is in the background


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleThe Decapitation of a Saint (published title)
Materials and techniques
Pen and brown ink, with brown wash, over black chalk
Brief description
Drawing 'The Decapitation of a Saint', by Cornelis Schut the elder, Flemish School, pen and brown ink, first half 17th century
Physical description
Decapitation near a temple, a man's head has been cut off by a sword. Numerous figures are around, a Roman general on horseback is in the background
Dimensions
  • Height: 285mm
  • Width: 210mm
Style
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
Signed(?) at lower right, in brown ink, Corn. Schut; and inscribed at lower right, in brown ink (with the museum’s Dyce inv. no.), 540; on the verso, at lower left, in the hand of Ploos van Amstel, in brown ink, C Schut / geb Antwerpen / Ao 1600; above and below this, also by Ploos, in red ink, H: 11dm / B. 8dm, and C No 1; at lower left corner, possibly also by Ploos, in brown ink, N 51 (crossed through in red ink); and above this, in another hand, in black chalk, f 20.
Credit line
Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce
Object history
Cornelis Ploos van Amstel Jb Czn (1726–98), Amsterdam (L. 3002–4), his sale, Amsterdam, van der Schley ... Roos, 3ff. March 1800, Album DDD, lot 4: ‘Een dito [Martelisatie van een heilige Vrouw] van een Man; het dito [de pen en O. I. Inkt], door C. Schut’ (to ‘van Steeg’ with lot 3 for 10.10 fl.); Rev. Alexander Dyce (1798–1869) London, by whom bequeathed to the museum (L. Suppl. 153b), 1869.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874.
  • Jane Shoaf Turner and Christopher White, Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum (London, 2014), vol. II, cat. 542, pp. 469-70
Collection
Accession number
DYCE.540

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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