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Bust of a bearded man

Maker

(artist)
1600-1699

Title

Bust of a bearded man

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

pen and brown ink, grey wash on laid paper, on a historic mount, with D.1952.RW.3494.1 and .3-.4

Dimensions

Height: 6.2 cm
Width: 4.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3494.2

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 thirty others); purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£14); Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: unable to check as is laid down on mount.

Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: each drawing labelled underneath in graphite, from “A” to “D”; centre, under 3494.1, graphite: “Hercules, from a gem. A similar drawing in the BM.”; lower centre, below 3494.4, graphite: “From an antique frieze”; lower right, graphite: “Italian School”; along lower edge, graphite: “3494 A-D. ITALIAN SCHOOL c. 17th. D.1952.RW.34941-4”. Mount (historic), Verso: lower right corner, graphite: “47/6”.

Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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