Kneeling male figure - fragment of a sheet
Maker
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1599-1661
(artist)
1599-1661
Title
Kneeling male figure - fragment of a sheet
Medium
black chalk, red-brown wash, grey bodycolour on laid paper, squared in black chalk and cut along the outlines, laid down on a historic support
Dimensions
Height: 18.6 cm
Width: 12.6 cm
Width: 12.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3489
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
unidentified collector, L.2908; an anonymous eighteenth-century collection; sale of that collection, Sotheby's (London), 2 February 1944, lot 88 (with five others); purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), for £11; Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: support (historic), lower right corner, fragment of a crowned shield containing a fleur-de-lis.
Inscription: Recto: lower right, graphite: “Andrea Sacchi”. Support (historic), Verso: lower centre, graphite, number partly circled: “Andrea Sacchi / 16 //”.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right, stamped in black ink: unidentified collector (L.2908).
Inscription: Recto: lower right, graphite: “Andrea Sacchi”. Support (historic), Verso: lower centre, graphite, number partly circled: “Andrea Sacchi / 16 //”.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right, stamped in black ink: unidentified collector (L.2908).
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