Half-length seated figure of a leather worker
Maker
Attributed to
(artist)
1660-1714
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1633-1699
(artist)
1660-1714
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1633-1699
Title
Half-length seated figure of a leather worker
Date of Production
1660 - 1714
Medium
red chalk with stumping on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 24.3 cm
Width: 19.5 cm
Width: 19.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1983
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
Sotheby's (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Famous British Women Artists, Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, 1953
British-born artists of the seventeenth century, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1938
British-born artists of the seventeenth century, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1938
Literature
Croft-Murray, Edward and Paul Hulton, Catalogue of British Drawings, British Museum, London 1960; 1
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 5
Famous British Women Artists, Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, 1953
cat. no. 11
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 5
Famous British Women Artists, Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, 1953
cat. no. 11
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto, right centre edge, fragment: lower half of a Strasburg lily above “4” above monogram “WR”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: upper left, brown ink: "5" and "50". Verso: ink offset and chalk traces from another drawing: "49" [and other traces]; lower left, graphite: "Mary Beale"; lower left, graphite, Witt number: "1983".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: upper left, brown ink: "5" and "50". Verso: ink offset and chalk traces from another drawing: "49" [and other traces]; lower left, graphite: "Mary Beale"; lower left, graphite, Witt number: "1983".
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