Sketch for a full-length portrait of a lady leaning on a pedestal
Maker
(artist)
1734-1802
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1723-1792
1734-1802
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1723-1792
Title
Sketch for a full-length portrait of a lady leaning on a pedestal
Date of Production
1700 - 1799
Medium
black chalk and grey wash on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 46.3 cm
Width: 30.9 cm
Width: 30.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3747
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
Francis Howard, London (1874-1954), by 1927; anonymous sale, Christie's (London), 29 June 1945, lot 53 (as by Reynolds, £19.19); purchased there by Colnaghi (London), on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952) (£17.19); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Meisterwerke englischer Malerei aus drei Jahrhunderten, Vienna, 1927
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 41
p. 41
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: bunch of grapes? (unclear and hard to see due to quality of paper and the fact that laid down).
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: none.
Label: From old mount. Upper right: red ink number (?) Label: "Exhibition of British Art / Galleries of the Secession, Vienna / September-October, 1927 / Artist: Reynolds, Title of Work: Sketch for Portrait, Owner: Francis Howard (?), Address: 41 Bryanston Close (or Slope?) N.W.".
Label: Exhibition, Vienna, 1927, as by Sir Joshua Reynolds "George Romney 1734-1802 / (formerly attributed to Sir Joshua Reynolds) / by Lawrence Binyon. G. Vasari / reproduction from Ruskin Sch. of Drawing, Oxford".
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: none.
Label: From old mount. Upper right: red ink number (?) Label: "Exhibition of British Art / Galleries of the Secession, Vienna / September-October, 1927 / Artist: Reynolds, Title of Work: Sketch for Portrait, Owner: Francis Howard (?), Address: 41 Bryanston Close (or Slope?) N.W.".
Label: Exhibition, Vienna, 1927, as by Sir Joshua Reynolds "George Romney 1734-1802 / (formerly attributed to Sir Joshua Reynolds) / by Lawrence Binyon. G. Vasari / reproduction from Ruskin Sch. of Drawing, Oxford".
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