Portrait of a bearded man
Maker
(artist)
1728-1779
1728-1779
Title
Portrait of a bearded man
Date of Production
1700 - 1799
Medium
black and white chalk on laid paper prepared with grey-green wash, the lower right corner made up, laid down on a support, itself hinged at the left edge to a historic mount
Dimensions
Height: 16.3 cm
Width: 14.8 cm
Width: 14.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.287
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
Spencer (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: lower centre: I A (not found in Heawood).
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Support (historic), Recto: upper left corner, graphite, underlined: 945-1; lower centre edge, brown ink: Re. Mengs. Support (historic), Verso: centre, graphite: B-18.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Support (historic), Recto: upper left corner, graphite, underlined: 945-1; lower centre edge, brown ink: Re. Mengs. Support (historic), Verso: centre, graphite: B-18.
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