Study of a right foot
Maker
(artist)
1600-1699
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1575-1634
1600-1699
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1575-1634
Title
Study of a right foot
Date of Production
1650 - 1699
Medium
black, red and white chalk with stumping on brown laid paper, now laid down on Japanese tissue
Dimensions
Height: 25 cm
Width: 18 cm
Width: 18 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.181
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, London (1872-1952) (9 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1978 (March - May)
Literature
Véliz, Zahira, Spanish Drawings in the Courtauld Gallery: complete catalogue, London, 2011
no. 89
Illus. p. 250
Angulo Iñiguez, Diego and Alfonso E. Perez, A Corpus of Spanish Drawings, New York 1975-1988; 4 vols.
vol. II, p. 73, no. 442
Illus. pl. CX
as Anonymous
Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1978 (March - May)
cat. no. 4
as Cespedes?
no. 89
Illus. p. 250
Angulo Iñiguez, Diego and Alfonso E. Perez, A Corpus of Spanish Drawings, New York 1975-1988; 4 vols.
vol. II, p. 73, no. 442
Illus. pl. CX
as Anonymous
Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1978 (March - May)
cat. no. 4
as Cespedes?
Inscriptions
Watermark: none.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: none.
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