Woman carrying a basket on her head
Maker
After
(artist)
1575-1642
(artist)
1575-1642
Title
Woman carrying a basket on her head
Medium
black, red and white chalk on laid paper, on a historic mount
Dimensions
Height: 33.2 cm
Width: 23.4 cm
Width: 23.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1156
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
Robert Udny, London and Teddington (1722-1802), L.2248; William Esdaile, London (1758-1837), L.2617; Reverend Dr Henry Wellesley, Oxford (1791-1866); his estate sale, Sotheby’s (London), 25 June - 10 July 1866, lot 2400; purchased there by Henry Gay Hewlett, Kent (1832-1897); his estate sale, Sotheby's (London), 28 - 29 November 1922, lot 11; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£2.5); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Drawings by Old Masters, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1953
Literature
Drawings by Old Masters, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1953
cat. no. 142
cat. no. 142
Inscriptions
Watermark: unable to check due to mount
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, pen and brown ink: William Esdaile (L.2617) Mount (historic), Recto, lower right, stamped in black ink: Robert Udny (L.2248); lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower centre, brown ink: “Guido_”; lower left, graphite: “From the Udney and Esdaile Collections / No 2400 Wellesley Collection / 1156 50”; lower right corner, graphite: “T.O.” Mount (historic), Verso: upper centre, graphite: “gido / guido”; centre, graphite: “58”; lower centre, brown ink, Udny’s hand: “This Beautiful Drawing by Guido is a Study for the figure of the / same woman in his Capital Picture in Fresco in the Cloister of the / Convinto Marthusians [sic] at Bologna _ R.U”; lower left, graphite: “C”; lower left edge, brown ink, cut off and mostly illegible: “R[…] Nr 1203 R[or P]85”; lower right corner, graphite, price: “15/”.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, pen and brown ink: William Esdaile (L.2617) Mount (historic), Recto, lower right, stamped in black ink: Robert Udny (L.2248); lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower centre, brown ink: “Guido_”; lower left, graphite: “From the Udney and Esdaile Collections / No 2400 Wellesley Collection / 1156 50”; lower right corner, graphite: “T.O.” Mount (historic), Verso: upper centre, graphite: “gido / guido”; centre, graphite: “58”; lower centre, brown ink, Udny’s hand: “This Beautiful Drawing by Guido is a Study for the figure of the / same woman in his Capital Picture in Fresco in the Cloister of the / Convinto Marthusians [sic] at Bologna _ R.U”; lower left, graphite: “C”; lower left edge, brown ink, cut off and mostly illegible: “R[…] Nr 1203 R[or P]85”; lower right corner, graphite, price: “15/”.
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