Two studies for a portrait composition - unidentified seated man with a dog and unidentified standing man
Maker
(artist)
1685-1752
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1701-1779
1685-1752
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1701-1779
Title
Two studies for a portrait composition - unidentified seated man with a dog and unidentified standing man
Medium
pen and ink (brown), wash (brown), bodycolour (white) on blue laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 45.1 cm
Width: 28.6 cm
Width: 28.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2440
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
Reginald Pole; his sale, Sotheby's (London), 26 March 1930, lot 79 (as by Thomas Hudson); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943
Literature
Chiara Lo Giudice, 'Un gruppo di disegni inglesi di ritratto e qualche nota sulla fortuna di Jacopo Amigoni in Inghilterra' in Arte Veneta, 79, Milan 2022
p. 180
(as anonymous eighteenth-century draughtsman)
Claye, Elaine, 'A group of portrait drawings by Jacopo Amigoni' in 'Master Drawings', Spring 1974 - 41-48, 97-101; 12, 1
nos. 29 and 30 on pp. 47-48, p. 42, p. 43 under no. 1 and p. 48 under no. 34
p. 180
(as anonymous eighteenth-century draughtsman)
Claye, Elaine, 'A group of portrait drawings by Jacopo Amigoni' in 'Master Drawings', Spring 1974 - 41-48, 97-101; 12, 1
nos. 29 and 30 on pp. 47-48, p. 42, p. 43 under no. 1 and p. 48 under no. 34
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, first letter in graphite, the rest in black chalk: T Hudson. delt (same hand on D.1952.RW.2441).
Inscription: Recto: right centre, graphite: 18.
Collector's mark: none.
Watermark: centre: H (same on D.1952.RW.3905; see drawing in file; see Claye 1974 - suggested this is the mark of the Dutch mill Herderskind 1693-1770.)
Inscription: Recto: right centre, graphite: 18.
Collector's mark: none.
Watermark: centre: H (same on D.1952.RW.3905; see drawing in file; see Claye 1974 - suggested this is the mark of the Dutch mill Herderskind 1693-1770.)
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