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Two heads, a bearded man and youth, in left profile

Maker

(artist)
1573-1652

Title

Two heads, a bearded man and youth, in left profile

Date of Production

(circa) 1610

Medium

pen and brown ink on paper, the lower right corner cut, laid down on card, which is then laid down on an original mount

Dimensions

Height: 5.7 cm
Width: 6.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1538

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

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Provenance

Spencer (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (with D.1952.RW.1539); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London; York City Art Gallery; Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 29

Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London, York City Art Gallery and Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
cat. no. 17

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Collector's mark: Mount (original), Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Inscription: Mount (original), Recto: lower left of centre, brown ink, signed?: “Inico Jones"; lower right corner, graphite: “268".

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