Standing figure of a young man
Maker
(artist)
1645-1667
1645-1667
Title
Standing figure of a young man
Date of Production
(circa) 1660 - 1665
Medium
black chalk with stumping on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 23.8 cm
Width: 8.4 cm
Width: 8.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2204
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
Max Ziegert (Frankfurt am Main); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 2: Other than landscape, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1976-77 (Nov.-Feb.)
unnumbered typescript - title was possibly 'A Selection of Drawings from The Witt/Courtauld Collections [as exhibited in 1964 at University of Sussex, Falmer]', Nottingham University, 1966
unnumbered typescript - title was possibly 'A Selection of Drawings from The Witt/Courtauld Collections [as exhibited in 1964 at University of Sussex, Falmer]', Nottingham University, 1966
Literature
Mantegna to Cezanne: Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 1983
cat. no. 59
ill. on p. 65
Rembrandt and his century: Dutch drawings of the seventeenth century from the collection of Frits Lugt, Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 8 December 1977 - 19 February 1978; Institut néerlandais, Paris, 16 March - 30 April 1978, 1977
pp. 27-28
Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 2: Other than landscape, Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1976 - Febr
cat. no. 43
no. 43
cat. no. 59
ill. on p. 65
Rembrandt and his century: Dutch drawings of the seventeenth century from the collection of Frits Lugt, Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 8 December 1977 - 19 February 1978; Institut néerlandais, Paris, 16 March - 30 April 1978, 1977
pp. 27-28
Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 2: Other than landscape, Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1976 - Febr
cat. no. 43
no. 43
Inscriptions
Watermark: Recto, right of centre: scrollwork around an oval frame (see photos and tracing in file, not found in Heawood or Piccard).
Inscription: Verso: lower left corner, graphite: "6i.".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: lower left corner, graphite: "6i.".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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