Head of a woman
Maker
(artist)
1625-1713
1625-1713
Title
Head of a woman
Medium
red and white chalk with stumping on blue laid paper, on a historic mount
Dimensions
Height: 26.4 cm
Width: 25.3 cm
Width: 25.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3526
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
Major Evelyn Charles Shirley, Ettington Park, Warwickshire (1889-1956); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 26 February 1937; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 2 May 1944, for £10; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Italian Drawings of the 17th and 18th Centuries from the Witt
Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/03/1971-01/04/1971
Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970
unnumbered typescript - title was possibly 'A Selection of Drawings from The Witt/Courtauld Collections [as exhibited in 1964 at University of Sussex, Falmer]', Nottingham University, 1966 ...More
Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1958-59 ...Less
Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/03/1971-01/04/1971
Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970
unnumbered typescript - title was possibly 'A Selection of Drawings from The Witt/Courtauld Collections [as exhibited in 1964 at University of Sussex, Falmer]', Nottingham University, 1966 ...More
Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1958-59 ...Less
Literature
Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970
cat. no. 44
Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1958 - 1959
cat. no. 8
cat. no. 44
Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1958 - 1959
cat. no. 8
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermarks: none evident in the drawing sheet. Mount (historic), Verso: centre: circle containing fleur-de-lis.
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower centre, dark brown ink: “di Carlo Maratti" (same hand and mount with D.1952.RW.3356, no handwriting match found on Lugt). Mount (historic), Verso: upper left corner, graphite, price: “15/-/-".
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower centre, dark brown ink: “di Carlo Maratti" (same hand and mount with D.1952.RW.3356, no handwriting match found on Lugt). Mount (historic), Verso: upper left corner, graphite, price: “15/-/-".
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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