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Grotesque mask

Maker

(artist)
1500-1599

Title

Grotesque mask

Date of Production

1500 - 1599

Medium

pen and brown ink on laid paper, on a historic mount with D.1952.RW.3492.1 and .3-.6

Dimensions

Height: 9.3 cm
Width: 8.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3492.2

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 is laid down on mount.

Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: below right edge of D.1952.RW.3492.1, 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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