Head of a youth
Maker
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1696-1770
(artist)
1696-1770
Title
Head of a youth
Date of Production
1710-1770
Medium
red chalk with stumping and traces of black and white chalk on blue laid paper, red chalk offset on verso
Dimensions
Height: 29.2 cm
Width: 20.5 cm
Width: 20.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2520
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
H. Clinton Baker, Esq.; his sale, Sotheby's (London), 31 May 1932, lot 129; purchased there by F.R. Meatyard (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Michelangelo to Matisse - Drawing the Figure, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 20/11/1999-27/02/2000
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943
Literature
Michelangelo to Matisse - Drawing the Figure, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1999 - 2000
cat. no. 122
ill.
as by Tiepolo
Knox, George, Giambattista and Domenico Tiepolo: a study and catalogue raisonné of the chalk drawings, Oxford 1980
no. M.163
cat. no. 122
ill.
as by Tiepolo
Knox, George, Giambattista and Domenico Tiepolo: a study and catalogue raisonné of the chalk drawings, Oxford 1980
no. M.163
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: three fleur-de-lis in triangular formation, the side leaves exaggeratedly curved into ‘C’-shapes (no match in Heawood).
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, black chalk: “GB Tiepolo”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, black chalk: “GB Tiepolo”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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