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
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
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
Keywords
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
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).
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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