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Three-quarter length portrait of a man

Maker

(artist)
1695-1756

Title

Three-quarter length portrait of a man

Date of Production

1710 - 1799

Medium

black and white chalk with stumping on blue laid paper, squared for transfer and several lines gone over in graphite

Dimensions

Height: 33.1 cm
Width: 25.1 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3785

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

F.A. Drey (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Verso: lower left corner, graphite, circled: “63035”. Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: “John Faber the Younger (Faber Junior) / Dutch 1684-1756”.

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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