Faun playing a pipe
Maker
(artist)
1628-1719
1628-1719
Title
Faun playing a pipe
Medium
red chalk on rough laid paper, laid down on a historic paper support
Dimensions
Height: 12.8 cm
Width: 22 cm
Width: 22 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3623
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
Sir Joshua Reynolds, London (1723-1792); Beaux Arts Gallery (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Fabbri, Beatrice Buscaroli, Carlo Cignani: affreschi dipinti disegni, Milan/Electa 2004
p. 241
p. 241
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none evident in the drawing sheet, though paper is very rough and difficult to see through especially laid down.
Support (historic): lower centre edge, fragment: bottom tips of “IV”.
Inscription: Cigniani
Inscription: 106
Collector's mark: Sir Joshua Reynolds (L.2364).
Collector's mark: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Cigniani
Inscription: 106
Collector's mark: Sir Joshua Reynolds (L.2364).
Collector's mark: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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