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Head of a woman gazing up (recto)

Maker

(artist)
1678-1758

Title

Head of a woman gazing up (recto)

Date of Production

1700 - 1799

Medium

black chalk (recto), black chalk (verso) on laid paper (examined under microscope)

Dimensions

Height: 23 cm
Width: 16.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.168

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, probably cat. 38, 1921, though does not match any of the lots as described and Witt did not specify which Parsons sale, as he did for his other Spanish purchases from this sale; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt (1875-1952) (£1.2); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Véliz, Zahira, Spanish Drawings in the Courtauld Gallery: complete catalogue, London, 2011
no. 96
Illus. p. 265 (recto), p. 264 (verso)

Inscriptions

Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink: “Tobar”.

Collector's mark: none.

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