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Profile of a boy (recto)

Maker

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1632-1681

Style of
Dirk Helmbreker (artist)
1633-1696

Title

Profile of a boy (recto)

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

black chalk with stumping, moistened in areas (recto), black chalk (verso), on laid paper, with black ink framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 12.6 cm
Width: 9.1 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2136

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

Meier Elte (The Hague); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£10); 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. C24
under rejected drawings

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: none.

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

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