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Roman warrior

Maker

Style of
(artist)
1575-1616

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1610-1664

Title

Roman warrior

Date of Production

1500 - 1699

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 26.5 cm
Width: 13.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2423

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

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Provenance

unidentified collector L.474; Haldane Macfall, London (1860-1928); his estate sale, Sotheby's (London), 12 June 1929, lot 57 (as by Della Bella); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

A selection of drawings from the Witt collection: French drawings c. 1600-c. 1800, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1962

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, right upper edge: fragment of a small cross.

Inscription: Verso: lower centre, graphite: "Velasquez". Scrap of paper removed from former mount, now in file: grey ink, very small: "E.".

Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: unidentified collector (L.474). Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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