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Head of a young woman - La Mariée

Maker

Forgery in the manner of
(Artists)
1796-1875

Title

Head of a young woman - La Mariée

Date of Production

1800 - 1899

Medium

black and coloured chalk with stumping on laid paper [no charcoal visible under microscope]

Dimensions

Height: 39.7 cm
Width: 28.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1935.SC.58

Mode of Acquisition

Samuel Courtauld, gift, 1935

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

unidentified owner, L.613g; Samuel Courtauld (1876-1947), by May 1928; Samuel Courtauld Gift 1935

Exhibition History

Samuel Courtauld memorial exhibition, Tate Gallery, London, 1948

Paintings, drawings and water-colours by J.B.C. Corot 1796-1875: from the artist's private collection, Alpine Club Gallery, London, 1928 (May)

Inscriptions

Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower right, black chalk, falsely signed with initials: "C.C."; lower left corner, graphite, acc. no.: "58.35".

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left, stamped in black: unidentified but appears on other Corots whose authenticity is doubted (L.613g).

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