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Head of a youth

Maker

Formerly attributed to
(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

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

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

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).

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