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Sheet of figure studies, with putti, man in armour, cupids, man in turban (recto)

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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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).

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