Head studies
Maker
(artist)
1700-1799
1700-1799
Title
Head studies
Date of Production
1700 - 1799
Medium
black chalk, pen and brown ink on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 22.5 cm
Width: 22.5 cm
Width: 22.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1527
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
F.R. Meatyard (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d. (£1.2); Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto, upper centre: crowned shield containing a horn, above “VANDERLEY” (matches Heawood 2749, although chain lines in the sheet are further apart – dated 1740). Mount (removed, in portfolio from P&D): two lines of text in banners, the last being “AUVERGNE 1742” (see Heawood 3302-3309 – Paris, 1744-1768).
Inscription: Mount (removed, in curatorial file), Verso: upper left, graphite: “E - - - s”; lower right, blue ink: “S. Vouet “;lower right corner, graphite: “2/ E.H.”; lower left edge, graphite: “Domenichino”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Mount (removed, in curatorial file), Verso: upper left, graphite: “E - - - s”; lower right, blue ink: “S. Vouet “;lower right corner, graphite: “2/ E.H.”; lower left edge, graphite: “Domenichino”.
Collector's mark: none.
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