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Caricature head of Pope Benedict XIII (Orsini) (?) in profile (recto)

Maker

Attributed to
(artist)
1674-1755

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1580-1647

Title

Date of Production

1700 - 1799

Medium

pen and brown ink on laid paper, laid down; the verso likely also pen and brown ink, though only visible via transmitted light

Dimensions

Height: 16.2 cm
Width: 12 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.10

Mode of Acquisition

Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

Provenance

Sir William Stirling Maxwell (1818-1878); by descent to Sir John Stirling Maxwell (1866-1956); E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d. (4 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952 Stirling Maxwell's Spanish drawings were sold at Parsons in 1921, and the Witt numbers immediately preceding this were purchased there at that sale, but there is no mention in Parson's catalogue of Stirling Maxwell owning any of the Italian drawings. Also Witt included the Parsons catalogue clippings on the previous Witt cards but not on these Ghezzi purchases.

Exhibition History

Drawings by Guercino and other Baroque Masters, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/02/1977-01/03/1977

Inscriptions

Watermark: none.

Inscription: none.

Collector's mark: Verso (backing sheet): lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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