Nude figure of a man
Maker
(artist)
1776-1837
1776-1837
Title
Nude figure of a man
Date of Production
1808 - 1820
Medium
graphite on light buff laid paper (examined under microscope)
Dimensions
Height: 41 cm
Width: 20.5 cm
Width: 20.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.272
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
given by an anonymous source to Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
unnumbered typescript - title was possibly 'A Selection of Drawings from The Witt/Courtauld Collections [as exhibited in 1964 at University of Sussex, Falmer]', Nottingham University, 1966
Literature
Reynolds, Graham, The early paintings and drawings of John Constable, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1996
no. 08.48 on p. 126
Illus. pl. 731
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 10
no. 08.48 on p. 126
Illus. pl. 731
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 10
Inscriptions
Watermark: none.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: upper left corner, graphite, first word underlined 3 times: "white monk" [or womb?]; lower edge, right of centre, graphite: "to".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: upper left corner, graphite, first word underlined 3 times: "white monk" [or womb?]; lower edge, right of centre, graphite: "to".
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