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Woman carrying a basket on her head

Maker

After
(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

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

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/”.

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