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Study of a fox

Maker

(artist)
1579-1657

Title

Study of a fox

Date of Production

1595 - 1657

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 21.9 cm
Width: 16 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3446

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

Charles Fairfax Murray, London (1849-1919) [not evident in the catalogue of his estate sale at Christie's, 30 January 1920, though not all drawings were listed in detail]; Leonard G. Duke, London (1890-1971); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 4 January 1944; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 8 January 1944 (£10); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 130

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: Strasburg lily over "4" over monogram "WR" (Peter Bower had no further information about this mark).

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

Inscription: Verso: lower left, graphite: "D78"; lower right, graphite, circled: "4313".

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