Roman warrior
Maker
Style of
(artist)
1575-1616
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1610-1664
(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
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
Keywords
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).
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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