Standing male figure
Maker
(artist)
1694-1739
1694-1739
Title
Standing male figure
Date of Production
1737
Medium
graphite, pen and ink (brown) on laid paper; all four corners cut
Dimensions
Height: 30.5 cm
Width: 18.8 cm
Width: 18.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.352
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
Spencer (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, by January 1926; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London; York City Art Gallery; Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 53
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London, York City Art Gallery and Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
cat. no. 41
Baker, C.H. Collins, 'Some Eighteenth-Century Drawings in the Witt Collection' in 'The Connoisseur', January 1926
p. 3
Illus. 4, no. II
p. 53
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London, York City Art Gallery and Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
cat. no. 41
Baker, C.H. Collins, 'Some Eighteenth-Century Drawings in the Witt Collection' in 'The Connoisseur', January 1926
p. 3
Illus. 4, no. II
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: Pro Patria (closest match is Heawood 3700 - Essex 1747).
Inscription: 352
Inscription: Jno [the 'o' superscript] V 1737
Inscription: h
Inscription: A. H. 9
Inscription: E3
Inscription: Van de Banck
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
Inscription: 352
Inscription: Jno [the 'o' superscript] V 1737
Inscription: h
Inscription: A. H. 9
Inscription: E3
Inscription: Van de Banck
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
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