Study of an antique male head
Maker
Spain (Seville?) 17th or 18th century (artist)
1600-1799
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1575-1634
1600-1799
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1575-1634
Title
Study of an antique male head
Date of Production
1675 - 1799
Medium
black chalk with stumping (a counterproof?) on buff laid paper, laid down
Dimensions
Height: 29.2 cm
Width: 18.4 cm
Width: 18.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.180
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, 1921, probably cat. 38, though does not match any lot as described and Witt did not specify which Parsons sale, unlike his other Spanish purchases from that sale; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt (1875-1952), L.2228b (9 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Véliz, Zahira, Spanish Drawings in the Courtauld Gallery: complete catalogue, London, 2011
no. 101
Illus. p. 275
Angulo Iñiguez, Diego and Alfonso E. Perez, A Corpus of Spanish Drawings, New York 1975-1988; 4 vols.
vol. II, p. 73, no. 438
no. 101
Illus. p. 275
Angulo Iñiguez, Diego and Alfonso E. Perez, A Corpus of Spanish Drawings, New York 1975-1988; 4 vols.
vol. II, p. 73, no. 438
Inscriptions
Watermark: none.
Collector's mark: Removed from a former mount and now mounted separately with the drawing: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink, cut off: [...]as fecit.
Collector's mark: Removed from a former mount and now mounted separately with the drawing: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink, cut off: [...]as fecit.
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