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Head of a girl

Maker

Attributed to
(artist)
1632-1681

Title

Head of a girl

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

black and red chalk with stumping on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 25.7 cm
Width: 22.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2805

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 Charles Greville (1763-1832), L.549; by descent to his nephew, George Guy, Earl of Warwick (1818-1893), L.2600; his estate sale, Christie’s (London), 20 - 21 May 1896, lot 200; purchased there by Colnaghi (London); John Postle Heseltine, London (1843-1929), L.1507, by 1903 [when published in Reproductions of Original Drawings in Colours from the collection of J.P.H.]; purchased from him by Colnaghi & Obach (London), October 1912 (according to Lugt, L.1507 was the mark appended by Colnaghi to the 600+ sheets acquired from Heseltine at this time); Henry Oppenheimer, London (1859-1932); his estate sale, Christie's (London), 10 and 13 - 14 July 1936, lot 261; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£42); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943

Literature

Coenen, Baukje J.L., 'The Drawings of the Haarlem Amateur Leendert van der Cooghen' in 'Master Drawings', Spring 2005 - pp. 5-90; 43, 1
no. C16
under rejected drawings

Heseltine, John Postle, Reproductions of original drawings in colours from the collection of J. P. H, Bushey 1903
no. 13

Inscriptions

Watermark: none.

Inscription: Verso: lower right, graphite: "Lt. van der Kogen". Removed from mount? Now mounted with the drawing as a sticker on octagonal blue card, black ink: "98".

Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Earl of Warwick (L.2600). Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Charles Greville (L.549); lower left, stamped in black ink: John Postle Heseltine (L.1507). Mount (removed, visible in photo), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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