Portrait of a young lady
Maker
Circle of
(artist)
1618-1680
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1609-1672
(artist)
1618-1680
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1609-1672
Title
Portrait of a young lady
Date of Production
1600 - 1699
Medium
pastels on laid paper (dark brown discolouration around edges on verso suggests a formerly acidic mount and shows through on the recto)
Dimensions
Height: 25.3 cm
Width: 19.7 cm
Width: 19.7 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3350
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
anonymous sale, Christie's (London), 22 October 1943, lot 53 (with 2 others); purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (verso, lower left) (£13, along with D.1952.RW.3349); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
unnumbered typescript - title was possibly 'A Selection of Drawings from The Witt/Courtauld Collections [as exhibited in 1964 at University of Sussex, Falmer]', Nottingham University, 1966
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 32
p. 32
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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