Sleeping child
Maker
(artist)
1625-1713
1625-1713
Title
Sleeping child
Date of Production
(circa) 1689
Medium
black and white chalk on blue laid paper, laid down on an historic mount; transmitted light reveals some drawing on the verso
Dimensions
Height: 25.4 cm
Width: 26.8 cm
Width: 26.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3356
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
Major Evelyn Charles Shirley, Ettington Park, Warwickshire (1889-1956); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 26 February 1937; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 10 November 1943, for £5; Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower centre, dark brown ink: “di Carlo Maratti" (same hand and mount with D.1952.RW.3526, no handwriting match found on Lugt).
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
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