Grotesque mask
Maker
Attributed to
(artist)
1600-1699
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1513-1575
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1500-1599
(artist)
1600-1699
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1513-1575
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1500-1599
Title
Grotesque mask
Date of Production
1530 - 1575
Medium
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 11.6 cm
Width: 6.5 cm
Width: 6.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3493.2
Mode of Acquisition
Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
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 thirty others, as by Italian School); purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952) (£14); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 126
p. 126
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: none.
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