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Reclining male nude

Maker

Isaac Fuller, the younger (artist)
1678-1709

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1606-1672

Title

Reclining male nude

Date of Production

(15 February) 1689

Medium

red chalk on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 27.1 cm
Width: 44 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3857

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

Christopher Thomas Tower (1915-1998), Weald Hall, Brentwood; probably the Weald Hall sale, Alfred Savill & Sons, 1- 13 July 1946; purchased there by Hans M. Calmann, London (1899-1982); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 17 July 1946; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 11 November 1946 (£8); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Exhibition of Stuart Drawings, Red Lodge, Bristol, 12/06/1952-12/07/1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 20

Exhibition of Stuart Drawings, Red Lodge, Bristol, 1952
cat. no. 15

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: Strasburg lily above "4" above monogram "WR" (no countermark to help identify but is larger than the several examples in Heawood and Churchill).

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

Label: On mount (removed, cut down and now in object file), printed in black: "JAMES BOURLET & SONS Ltd., / Fine Art Packers, Frame Makers. / F32705 / 17 & 18, NASSAU STREET, / MORTIMER STREET, W. / Phones: - MUSEUM 1871 & 7588".

Inscription: Recto: lower left, red chalk, signed and dated: "Isaac Fuller: invent: / Feb:ye:15th:1689_". Verso: lower right, graphite, Colnaghi number: "A. 13790". Mount (removed, cut down and now in object file): graphite: "Exhibited Bristol 1952 / Isaac Fuller / Male Nude / 3857".

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