Drapery study
Maker
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1618-1680
(artist)
1618-1680
Title
Drapery study
Date of Production
1600 - 1699
Medium
black and white chalk on blue laid paper, laid down
Dimensions
Height: 28.5 cm
Width: 22.1 cm
Width: 22.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.184
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
purchased from an unnamed source (perhaps the Sotheby's sale on 4 May 1942?) by Colnaghi (London), 6 May 1942; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (verso, lower left), that same day (£2); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 32
p. 32
Inscriptions
Watermark: Recto, left centre: a crescent shape just visible but otherwise illegible due to backing sheet.
Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): lower left, graphite: Vandyck.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): lower left, graphite: Vandyck.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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