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Man and woman in contemporary dress (recto)

Maker

(artist)
1610-1690

Title

Man and woman in contemporary dress (recto)

Date of Production

1625 - 1690

Medium

graphite (recto and verso) on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 16.2 cm
Width: 13.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3228

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

James Singer; his sale, Sotheby's (London), 27 January 1943, part of lot 21; purchased there by Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 29 January 1943 (£4); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

High Life, Low Life: David Teniers the Younger, Rye Art Gallery, 1972 (Apr.-May)

Literature

High Life, Low Life: David Teniers the Younger, Rye Art Gallery, April - May 1972
cat. no. 37
no. 37

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 131

Inscriptions

Watermark: centre: small foolscap with five points / 4 / 3 circles in a pyramid. A close if not exact match to Churchill 341, dated 1644.

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

Inscription: Verso: centre, graphite: "Teniers"; lower right, blue chalk: "323"; lower left, graphite, originally assigned Witt number: "3028".

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