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Head of a young lady

Maker

(artist)
1656-1743

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1646-1723

Title

Head of a young lady

Date of Production

1656 - 1743

Medium

black chalk on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 33.4 cm
Width: 22 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2038

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

given (by whom is unknown) to Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Exhibition of Stuart Drawings, Red Lodge, Bristol, 12/06/1952-12/07/1952

17th Century Art in Europe, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 03/01/1938-12/03/1938

catalogue untraced, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1932

Literature

Stewart, J. Douglas, 'Some Portrait Drawings by Michael Dahl and Sir James Thornhill' in 'Master Drawings', Spring 1973 - 34-45+86+102
p. 37 and no. 4 on p. 42
pl. 29
see attached PDF

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 29

Exhibition of Stuart Drawings, Red Lodge, Bristol, 1952 ...More

17th Century Art in Europe, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1938 ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: none.

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

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