Portrait of a man in garter robes
Maker
(artist)
1618-1680
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
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
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
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).
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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