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Head of a youth turned half to the right

Maker

(artist)
1632-1681

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1620-1683

Title

Head of a youth turned half to the right

Date of Production

(circa) 1651

Medium

black chalk on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 27.8 cm
Width: 18.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2080

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), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Coenen, Baukje J.L., 'The Drawings of the Haarlem Amateur Leendert van der Cooghen' in 'Master Drawings', Spring 2005 - pp. 5-90; 43, 1
no. A5 and p. 28
fig. 25 on p. 25
as by or after Cooghen

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: small crown above letters "GR" (in Churchill and Heawood this appears only as a countermark, none of which exactly matches the one in this sheet).

Collector's mark: none.

Inscription: none.

Label: Artist's name and dates, with note that drawing was taped down to front mount and laid down on acidic board

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