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Faun playing a pipe

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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).

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