Reclining male nude
Maker
Isaac Fuller, the younger (artist)
1678-1709
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1606-1672
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
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
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".
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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