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Head of a fish

Maker

(artist)
1499-1546

Title

Head of a fish

Date of Production

1500 - 1599

Medium

chalk (black), pen and ink (brown) on laid paper, laid down on an historic mount (D.1952.RW.1243.2 and .3 are on matching mounts and all now mounted together)

Dimensions

Height: 5.1 cm
Width: 3.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1243.1

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

Jonathan Richardson, the elder, London (1665-1745), L.2183 (lower left) and L.2983 (mount verso); John Bouverie (ca. 1722/23-1750), L.325; by descent to his sister Anne Hervey (d. 1757); by descent to her son Christopher Hervey (d. 1786); by descent to his aunt Elizabeth Bouverie (d. 1798); by descent to Sir Charles Middleton (1726-1838); by descent to his grandson Charles Noel, later 1st Earl Gainsborough (1781-1866); his sale, London (Christie's), 20 July 1859; Colnaghi (London); acquired there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 16 September 1935 (£3 and in part exchange); Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Collector's mark: collector's mark of John Bouverie (L.325)

Collector's mark: collector's mark of Jonathan Richardson, the elder (L.2183)

Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Verso: upper centre, pen and brown ink: Jonathan Richardson, the elder (L.2983).

Inscription: Giulio Romano.

Inscription: [...] / Ze 27. / a. //

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

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