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Study for a male seated portrait (recto)
Head with tights curls (verso)

Maker

Vittore Giuseppe Ghislandi (artist)
1655-1743

Title

Study for a male seated portrait (recto)
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

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)

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