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Portrait head of a woman

Maker

(artist)
1700-1799

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1667-1745

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1702-1739

Title

Portrait head of a woman

Medium

graphite, pen and ink (brown) on laid paper, laid down on a mount

Dimensions

Height: 9.8 cm
Width: 8.1 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1602

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

Sotheby's (London), 17 - 18 April 1923, lot 46 (with 22 others) as by Jonathan Richardson, the elder; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 60
with former incorrect accession number 4618

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: unable to check as is laid down; none evident in raking light.

Inscription: Col. Seymour

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