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Hector

Maker

Attributed to
(artist)
1635-1711

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1661-1724

Title

Hector

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink on laid paper with brown ink framing lines, laid down

Dimensions

Height: 8.3 cm
Width: 4.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.250.1

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 William Stirling Maxwell, London (1818-1878); by descent to his son, Sir John Stirling Maxwell, Glasgow (1866-1956); his sale, Sotheby's (London), 15 - 16 February 1921, lot 249; presumably purchased there by E. Parsons & Sons (London); their sale, cat. 38, 1921, lot 410 (as by Valdés); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt (1875-1952); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

The Spanish Line - From Ribera to Picasso, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 13/10/2011-15/01/2012

Literature

Véliz, Zahira, Spanish Drawings in the Courtauld Gallery: complete catalogue, London, 2011
no. 31
Illus. p. 122

Mayer, August L., 'Los dibujos espanoles de la coleccion Witt en Londres' in 'Arte Espanol', 1926-27 - pp. 2-4; VIII, 1
p. 3

Inscriptions

Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, brown ink, artist’s hand: etor. Verso (backing sheet); centre, graphite: 11; lower right corner, graphite: K.

Collector's mark: none.

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