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Profile of female head

Maker

(artist)
1611-1690

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1652-1726

Title

Date of Production

(circa) 1677

Medium

chalk (red and black) on laid paper, laid down on an historic mount

Dimensions

Height: 35.9 cm
Width: 27.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3196

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

John Bouverie, England (ca. 1722/23-1790); by descent to his sister Anne Hervey (d. 1757); by descent to her son Christopher Hervey (d. 1786); by descent to his aunt Elizabeth Bouverie (d. 1798); by descent to Sir Charles Middleton, England (1726-1838); by descent to his grandson, Charles Noel, later 1st Earl of Gainsborough (1781-1866); his sale, Christie's (London), 20 July 1859; Sydney Hand; purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 8 February 1938; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 7 January 1943, for £7; Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Chiarini, Marco, 'Disegni del tardo Barocco Fiorentino' in 'Per Luigi Grassi: Disegno e Disegni', Rimini, 1998 - 379-389
p. 379
fig. 1 on p. 386

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: Blackamoor in a circle, below is the letter "P" (no match found in Heawood, Churchill, Briquet or Piccard). Mount (historic): centre: Strasburg lily above "4" above monogram "WR".

Inscription: 11

Collector's mark: collector's mark of John Bouverie (L.325)

Inscription: 3196 / FRANCESCHiNi //

Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)

Inscription: The Head of the Magdalen / Antonio Domenico Gabbiani (1652-1726) //

Inscription: 4

Inscription: A9904

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