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Standing female figure

Maker

(artist)
1600-1699

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1627-1685

Title

Date of Production

1675 - 1699

Medium

traces of black chalk or charcoal, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, laid down and hinged at the left to a historic support (same as D.1952.RW.166)

Dimensions

Height: 7.7 cm
Width: 4.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.167

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

Sir William Stirling Maxwell, London (1818-1878); by descent to his son, Sir John Stirling Maxwell, Glasgow (1866-1956); his sale, Sotheby's (London), 15 - 16 February 1921, lot 249; presumably purchased there by E. Parsons & Sons (London); their sale, cat. 38, 1921, possibly lot 391 (with D.1952.RW.165 and 166); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt (1875-1952), L.2228b (16 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Véliz, Zahira, Spanish Drawings in the Courtauld Gallery: complete catalogue, London, 2011
no. 90
Illus. p. 251

Inscriptions

Watermark: unable to check due to thick backing sheet.

Inscription: Support (historic), Recto: right lower edge and again at lower left, graphite, Witt number: “167”; lower right edge, graphite: “F. Herrera”.

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

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