Two heads, a bearded man and youth, in left profile
Maker
(artist)
1573-1652
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
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
Keywords
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
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".
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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