Sheet of figure studies, with putti, man in armour, cupids, man in turban (recto)
Maker
(artist)
1675-1741
1675-1741
Title
Sheet of figure studies, with putti, man in armour, cupids, man in turban (recto)
Medium
black and red chalk (recto), pen and brown ink, black chalk (verso), on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 39 cm
Width: 26.9 cm
Width: 26.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3837
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
Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952); Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: 'tre lune' or three crescent moons stacked. There is an adjacent mark currently indecipherable with comprises a small circle. No match yet found.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, brown ink: “Pelegrini da Padova”; lower centre, graphite, just below the name above: “Giovanni Antonio P.”; lower right, grey-brown ink: “339”; lower right, graphite: “1/”. Verso: lower left corner, black chalk, partly crossed out: “TS TS 12[...] / C43 C43122311 / 231221 //”; lower right corner, graphite: “#4”. Witt Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: “Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini / Italian. 1675-1742 //”.
Collector's mark: Verso, lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, brown ink: “Pelegrini da Padova”; lower centre, graphite, just below the name above: “Giovanni Antonio P.”; lower right, grey-brown ink: “339”; lower right, graphite: “1/”. Verso: lower left corner, black chalk, partly crossed out: “TS TS 12[...] / C43 C43122311 / 231221 //”; lower right corner, graphite: “#4”. Witt Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: “Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini / Italian. 1675-1742 //”.
Collector's mark: Verso, lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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