Recumbent male nude
Maker
(artist)
1611-1698
1611-1698
Title
Recumbent male nude
Medium
red chalk and red wash on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 12.7 cm
Width: 19.5 cm
Width: 19.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3689
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); acquired from him in an exchange by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, dark brown ink, signed?: “Pignoni”. Verso: centre, graphite, erased and so hard to read: “mount […] fault top corners / and covered […]”. Support (removed but mounted with the drawing), Recto: lower left, graphite: arrow pointing up (toward the signed name on the drawing). Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: “Simone Pignone / Italian 1614-1698 / Signed or Inscribed Pignoni”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, dark brown ink, signed?: “Pignoni”. Verso: centre, graphite, erased and so hard to read: “mount […] fault top corners / and covered […]”. Support (removed but mounted with the drawing), Recto: lower left, graphite: arrow pointing up (toward the signed name on the drawing). Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: “Simone Pignone / Italian 1614-1698 / Signed or Inscribed Pignoni”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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