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Portrait of a young man

Maker

(artist)
1754-1801

Title

Portrait of a young man

Date of Production

1700 - 1799

Medium

black and white chalk, grey wash on blue laid paper, with parts of all edges made up, laid down on a paper support

Dimensions

Height: 38.2 cm
Width: 26.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3855

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 Brinsley Ford (1908-1999); his sale, Sotheby's (London), 16 October 1946, lot 131; purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 24

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: none.

Collector's mark: none.

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