Grotesque mask

by-nc

Maker

Attributed to
(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

Object Number

D.1952.RW.3493.2

Mode of Acquisition

Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952

Credit

Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Collector's mark: none.

Inscription: none.

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

Information on this object may be incomplete and will be updated as research progresses. We are particularly committed to addressing any discriminatory or offensive language and ideas that may be present in our records.
We are also continuously working to digitise the collection and improve the quality of our digital resources; images will be added/updated as new photography becomes available.
To help improve this record and to enquire about images of the Courtauld Gallery Collection, please email gallery.collectionsonline@courtauld.ac.uk

Find out more about using and licensing our images.

____________________________

Buy a print from our collection