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Man in fashionable dress

Maker

(artist)
1605-1647

Formerly attributed to
Pieter Jacobs Codde (artist)
1599-1678

Title

Man in fashionable dress

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

red chalk with stumping on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 30.2 cm
Width: 19.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3264

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

Arthur Kay, Glasgow (1861-1939); his estate sale, Christie’s (London), 8 - 9 April 1943, lot 179 (as by Codde, along with D.1952.RW.3265); purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£16.16 for both); Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower right, brown ink, signed with the artist’s monogram: “PQ”. Verso: lower left edge, brown ink, abraded and unclear, same as on D.1952.RW.3265: […] Anno 1652 […]; lower right corner, graphite: “#2”.

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

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