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Sheet of figure studies

Maker

(artist)
1727-1804

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1696-1770

Title

Sheet of figure studies

Date of Production

1745-1750

Medium

brush and dark brown wash on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 22.3 cm
Width: 34.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2349

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

Sir Gilbert Frankland Lewis, Worcester (d. 1883); by descent to his nephew Sir Henry Duff-Gordon, Aberdeen (1866-1953); his sale, Sotheby's (London), 19 February 1936, lot 88 or 89; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Domenico Tiepolo: maestria e gioco, Castello di Udine; Indiana University Art Museum, 14/09/1996-09/03/1997

Eton, 1939

Literature

Domenico Tiepolo: maestria e gioco. Disegni dal mondo, Castello di Udine and Indiana University Art Museum, 1996 - 1997
cat. no. 19
no. 19
ill. on p. 121

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto: right lower edge, cut off: “G M” (not a match to Heawood 3029 even though same letters, on drawing are single lines with a flourish).

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

Inscription: Verso: lower left corner, graphite, circled: “8”.

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