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
(artist)
1730-1809
Title
Study for the head of a young woman wearing a shawl (recto)
Female figure sacrificing at an altar (verso)
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
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
Keywords
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
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).
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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