Draped female figure and study of a head (recto)
Maker
(artist)
1700-1799
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1575-1642
1700-1799
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1575-1642
Title
Draped female figure and study of a head (recto)
Date of Production
1700 - 1799
Medium
red and white chalk with stumping (recto), black and white chalk, left edge has brown ink border, much abraded (offset?) (verso), on brown laid paper
Dimensions
Width: 21.1 cm
Height: 31.1 cm
Height: 31.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2412
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
Haldane Macfall, London (1860-1928); his estate sale, Sotheby's (London), 12 June 1929, lot 32; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Drawings by Guercino and other Baroque Masters, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/02/1977-01/03/1977
Italian Drawings of the 17th and 18th Centuries from the Witt
Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/03/1971-01/04/1971
Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970 ...More
Master Drawings of the 17th century from the Witt Collection, Art Gallery of South Australia, Festival Exhibitions, Adelaide, 1968
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
Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 17/11/1962-22/12/1962
Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1958-59
Old master drawings, Leicester, 1952 ...Less
Italian Drawings of the 17th and 18th Centuries from the Witt
Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/03/1971-01/04/1971
Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970 ...More
Master Drawings of the 17th century from the Witt Collection, Art Gallery of South Australia, Festival Exhibitions, Adelaide, 1968
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
Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 17/11/1962-22/12/1962
Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1958-59
Old master drawings, Leicester, 1952 ...Less
Literature
Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970
cat. no. 29
as by Guido Reni
Drawings from New York Collections: 17th Century Italy, Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 1967
under no. 20, p. 29
Anthony Blunt and Philip Troutman, Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, 1962
cat. no. 89 ...More
Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1958 - 1959
cat. no. 30 ...Less
cat. no. 29
as by Guido Reni
Drawings from New York Collections: 17th Century Italy, Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 1967
under no. 20, p. 29
Anthony Blunt and Philip Troutman, Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, 1962
cat. no. 89 ...More
Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1958 - 1959
cat. no. 30 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: upper left corner, black chalk: “24.”. Verso: upper left, black chalk: “1y”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: upper left corner, black chalk: “24.”. Verso: upper left, black chalk: “1y”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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