Female figure with palette and brush on a base
Maker
(artist)
1694-1770
1694-1770
Title
Female figure with palette and brush on a base
Date of Production
1700 - 1770
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, laid down on a historic paper support
Dimensions
Height: 22.3 cm
Width: 16 cm
Width: 16 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3635
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
Efim Schapiro, London (1899-1977); F.A. Drey (London); given by him to Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 129
p. 129
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermarks: lower centre: Pro Patria (per Peter Bower, it is very difficult to link these marks to individual makers without a countermark present. Churchill dates these marks between 1683-1799). Support (historic): Countermark: lower centre: small circle containing "GR" and laurel leaves; upper centre: large circle with a border, very difficult to see but likely a Vryheyt mark, and thus this mark/countermark is of a type with Heawood 3148 - Essex 1745 - and Churchill 95 - dated 1785.
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink, signed by the artist?: "Micl Rýsbrack".
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Recto: lower left, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink, signed by the artist?: "Micl Rýsbrack".
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Recto: lower left, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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