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Head of a man

Maker

Attributed to
(artist)
1660-1714

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1633-1699

Title

Head of a man

Date of Production

1660 - 1714

Medium

red chalk with stumping, strengthened in areas with moistened black chalk, on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 21.5 cm
Width: 16.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1984

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 Art Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 06/01/1934-10/03/1934

Literature

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. 12

British Art Exhibition: commemorative catalogue, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1934
cat. no. 1121
no. 540

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Collector's mark: Verso: lower right, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Inscription: Verso: lower left, graphite: “1984"; lower centre, graphite: “Charles Beale".

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