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Portrait of a man in garter robes

Maker

(artist)
1618-1680

Title

Portrait of a man in garter robes

Date of Production

mid-1660s

Medium

black and white chalk on blue laid paper, the sheet irregularly torn and the upper, left and lower edges made up with a different shade of blue paper, all laid down

Dimensions

Height: 52.3 cm
Width: 32.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3012

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 Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Sir Peter Lely, National Portrait Gallery, London, 17/11/1978-18/03/1979

Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 01/09/1960-01/10/1960

Literature

Sir Peter Lely, National Portrait Gallery, 1979, 1978
cat. no. 113

Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 1960
cat. no. 12

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 32

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: unable to check as is laid down.

Inscription: Verso (support): lower left corner, graphite: "Large W. / 3012"; lower right corner, graphite: "Sir Peter Lely".

Collector's mark: Verso (support): lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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