Portrait head of a woman
Maker
(artist)
1745-1806
1745-1806
Title
Portrait head of a woman
Date of Production
1700 - 1799
Medium
black, red, white and brown chalks, some areas moistened to form a wash, with brown wash and touches of bodycolour on rough brown laid paper, laid down on a modern paper support
Dimensions
Height: 43.4 cm
Width: 34.3 cm
Width: 34.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3764
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
Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d. (£30); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 44
p. 44
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: none.
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