Studies of hands and the head of a child (recto)
Maker
Joseph François Pierre Ignace Parrocel (artist)
1704-1781
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1700-1799
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1703-1770
1704-1781
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1700-1799
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1703-1770
Title
Studies of hands and the head of a child (recto)
Date of Production
(or 1750?) 1740
Medium
black and white chalk (recto), black chalk (verso), on blue laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 17 cm
Width: 31.5 cm
Width: 31.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1451
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
Christie's (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d. (£4.2); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
unnumbered typescript - title was possibly 'A Selection of Drawings from The Witt/Courtauld Collections [as exhibited in 1964 at University of Sussex, Falmer]', Nottingham University, 1966
A selection of drawings from the Witt collection: French drawings c. 1600-c. 1800, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1962
French Master Drawings, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, 1962
A selection of drawings from the Witt collection: French drawings c. 1600-c. 1800, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1962
French Master Drawings, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, 1962
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, black chalk, false signature and date: “F. Boucher. / 1740. [or 1750]".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, black chalk, false signature and date: “F. Boucher. / 1740. [or 1750]".
Collector's mark: none.
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