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Study for the head of a young woman wearing a shawl (recto)
Female figure sacrificing at an altar (verso)

Maker

Attributed to
(artist)
1730-1809

Title

Study for the head of a young woman wearing a shawl (recto)
Female figure sacrificing at an altar (verso)

Date of Production

1700 - 1799

Medium

black chalk (recto), black chalk, pen and grey ink, grey wash (verso), on laid paper, with an added strip at the upper edge

Dimensions

Height: 26.4 cm
Width: 22.1 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3462

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

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Provenance

Oswald Magniac; his sale, Christie's (London), 25 March 1949, lot 63 (with eight others); purchased there by Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£6 for all nine drawings); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

France in the eighteenth century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 06/01/1968-03/03/1968

Literature

France in the eighteenth century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1967-1968
cat. no. 528

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: small imperial crown above “GR”.

Inscription: Recto: right centre edge, graphite: “3”; lower right, graphite: “89”; lower right edge, graphite: “4A”; lower right edge, graphite: “BA”. Verso: lower right, grey-blue ink, false signature?: “Pajou.”.

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

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