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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

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

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

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: 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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