Bust portrait of a man
Maker
(artist)
1590-1610
1590-1610
Title
Bust portrait of a man
Date of Production
(circa) 1600
Medium
black and red chalk with stumping on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 31.6 cm
Width: 21.8 cm
Width: 21.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3116
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
St Paul's Abbey, Lavanttal, Austria; Adolf Fritz Mondschein, Vienna, changed to Frederick Mont after moving to New York in 1930 (1894-1994); given by him to Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
A selection of drawings from the Witt collection: French drawings c. 1600-c. 1800, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1962
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto, right centre, upside down: device of Henri III with three crowns and “VLTIMA”, “COELO”, “MANET” and “EDMONDENISE” (matches Briquet 5096, though the chain lines are not the same distances – Verton, 1584; Sens and Paris, 1588).
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre edge, graphite: “1600 yr”; lower right corner, brown ink, partly abraded: “10 […]”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre edge, graphite: “1600 yr”; lower right corner, brown ink, partly abraded: “10 […]”.
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