Grotesque mask
Maker
(artist)
1500-1599
1500-1599
Title
Grotesque mask
Date of Production
1500 - 1599
Medium
pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, cut into an arch and laid down on a historic support, on a historic mount with D.1952.RW.3492.2-.6
Dimensions
Height: 9.3 cm
Width: 8.6 cm
Width: 8.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3492.1
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
an anonymous eighteenth-century collection; sale of that collection, Sotheby's (London), 2 February 1944, lot 71 (with 30 others); purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), for £14; Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check as laid down on mount.
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: below right edge of drawing, graphite: “Giulio Romano / W.O. //”; each of the drawings is also numbered in graphite below their lower right corner, from “1” to “6”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: below right edge of drawing, graphite: “Giulio Romano / W.O. //”; each of the drawings is also numbered in graphite below their lower right corner, from “1” to “6”.
Collector's mark: none.
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