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Ornamental head of a man with a shell (recto)

Maker

(artist)
1575-1599

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1499-1546

Title

Medium

traces of red and black chalk, pen and ink (brown), wash (brown) on laid paper, laid down on an historic mount (with 1212 and 1214-1215); drawing on verso no longer visible so unsure of media but seems to be carbon-based (in contrast to bistre on recto) as the recto disappears and the verso appears under IR

Dimensions

Height: 6.5 cm
Width: 4.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1213

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

Thomas Hudson, London (1701-1779), L.2432; possibly any number of lots (described very vaguely but several list drawings by Giulio Romano) at his estate sale, Langford (Covent Garden), 15-27 March 1779 Sir Joshua Reynolds, London (1723-1792), L.2364; his sale, H. Phillips (London), 5 - 22 March 1798, lot 682, L.3016a; E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£4, including RW.1212 and 1214-1215); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Special Display - Peter Lely - The Draughtsman and his Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 24/09/2012-13/01/2013

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to thickness of mount.

Inscription: 268.

Inscription: 12 / 13 14 / 15 //

Inscription: Giulio Romano

Inscription: 6/5 442 / Plato [?] //

Inscription: ?

Collector's mark: lot 682 in Sir Joshua Reynolds' sale (L.3016a)

Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)

Collector's mark: collector's mark of Thomas Hudson (L.2432)

Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Joshua Reynolds (L.2364)

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