Young man seated, in contemporary dress
Maker
(artist)
1699-1773
1699-1773
Title
Young man seated, in contemporary dress
Date of Production
(?) 1745
Medium
black chalk with stumping, white chalk, on brown laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, now laid down on Japanese tissue
Dimensions
Height: 36.8 cm
Width: 22.5 cm
Width: 22.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2566
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
E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol, 1959
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
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: small crown(?) with fleur-de-lis.
Inscription: Recto: lower right, black chalk, signed by the artist with his monogram, but abraded and difficult to read: “HG Fecit”. Mount (removed, in portfolio from P&D), Verso: lower right, graphite, first line circled: “F 883 / 12 //”.
Collector's mark: Mount (removed, in portfolio from P&D), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower right, black chalk, signed by the artist with his monogram, but abraded and difficult to read: “HG Fecit”. Mount (removed, in portfolio from P&D), Verso: lower right, graphite, first line circled: “F 883 / 12 //”.
Collector's mark: Mount (removed, in portfolio from P&D), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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