Study of a fox
Maker
(artist)
1579-1657
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
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
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".
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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