Draped female figure with an urn, and a sleeping Amor
Maker
(artist)
1754-1808
1754-1808
Title
Draped female figure with an urn, and a sleeping Amor
Medium
black chalk with some stumping on rough buff paper, laid down on right half of a mount that has been cut down from a larger mount as attested to by the washline borders (examined under microscope)
Dimensions
Height: 34.1 cm
Width: 31.4 cm
Width: 31.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1229
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
Dr Carl Robert Rudolf, London (1884-1974); given by him to Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, December 1935; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 46
p. 46
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermarks: centre: a Strasburg lily just visible, either in the drawing or the recto sheet of the mount, but unable to further discern. Mount (historic): Verso, centre: “J WHATMAN”.
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Mount (historic), Verso: lower right, graphite, partly effaced: "C2" and below that in graphite: "35".
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Mount (historic), Verso: lower right, graphite, partly effaced: "C2" and below that in graphite: "35".
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