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Two heads, a bearded man and youth, and two men, one in profile and one in three-quarter view, all facing left

Maker

(artist)
1573-1652

Title

Two heads, a bearded man and youth, and two men, one in profile and one in three-quarter view, all facing left

Date of Production

1573 - 1652

Medium

pen and brown ink on laid paper, laid down and secured at all sides to the mount, with a large triangular loss of paper in the left centre edge

Dimensions

Height: 11.3 cm
Width: 16.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1539

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.1538); 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: unable to check as is secured at all sides to the mount but transmitted light photograph does not show one.

Inscription: Recto: lower right, graphite: "346"; lower right, brown ink, the numbers quite faded: "P.M. 184 [or 164?]". Verso (backing sheet): centre, graphite: "Inigo Jones"; lower right, graphite: "346".

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

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