Study for a male seated portrait (recto)
Head with tights curls (verso)
Maker
Vittore Giuseppe Ghislandi (artist)
1655-1743
1655-1743
Title
Study for a male seated portrait (recto)
Head with tights curls (verso)
Head with tights curls (verso)
Medium
black and white chalk with stumping (recto and verso) on blue laid paper; there are five clusters of pinholes in specific circular formations, four at the lower left and one at the upper left of the sheet
Dimensions
Height: 39 cm
Width: 27.6 cm
Width: 27.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3761
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
Alister Mathews, Bournemouth (1907-1985); purchased from him by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: a crown (no match found in Briquet, Piccard or Heawood).
Inscription: Fra Vitore Ghislandi / Bercam //
Inscription: G[...]
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
Inscription: Fra Vitore Ghislandi / Bercam //
Inscription: G[...]
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
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