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Boy seated against a basket

Maker

(artist)
1618-1652

Title

Boy seated against a basket

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

black and white chalk, pen and brown ink, on blue paper, with graphite framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 16.8 cm
Width: 20.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2285

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

anonymous sale ('Property of a Collector'), Sotheby's, London, 16 March 1927, lot 18 (with D.1952.RW.2286); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b; Witt Bequest 1952

N.B. this was formerly listed as belonging to Col. F.G. Kenyon Slaney. The confusion arose due to Witt's tendency to record the first name that appeared in any sale catalogue on his index card when recording his purchases; however this lot was not among those belonging to Kenyon Slaney.

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower right, brown ink over graphite: "Both". Verso: centre, graphite, faded and hard to read: "Lot 12 [?]"; lower centre, graphite: "#20"; lower centre edge, graphite: "A Both".

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

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