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Kneeling male figure - fragment of a sheet

Maker

Formerly attributed to
(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

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

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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).

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