Bust portrait of a woman (recto)
Maker
(artist)
1593-1661
1593-1661
Title
Bust portrait of a woman (recto)
Date of Production
1600 - 1699
Medium
black and white chalk with stumping (recto), black chalk (verso) on blue laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 39.1 cm
Width: 32 cm
Width: 32 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3540
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
Leonard G. Duke, London (1890-1971); Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (120 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 29
p. 29
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Verso: lower right, graphite: "? Cornelius Johnson / Dorothy Wife of / Richard Cromwell".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: lower right, graphite: "? Cornelius Johnson / Dorothy Wife of / Richard Cromwell".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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