Half-length study of a cavalier saluting with his hat
Maker
(artist)
1631-1690
1631-1690
Title
Half-length study of a cavalier saluting with his hat
Date of Production
1645 - 1690
Medium
black and white chalk on brown-prepared laid paper, with black chalk framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 19.5 cm
Width: 20.5 cm
Width: 20.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3864
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
Earl of Harcourt Collection, Nuneham, Oxfordshire; Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£5); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977-January 1978
Literature
Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977- January 1978
cat. no. 78
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 128
Sotheby's. Catalogue of Choice Old Master Drawings of the Italian, Dutch, and French Schools, Drawings of the English School (26/11/1929)
cat. no. 78
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 128
Sotheby's. Catalogue of Choice Old Master Drawings of the Italian, Dutch, and French Schools, Drawings of the English School (26/11/1929)
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto, right centre edge: top of bunch of grapes with small curved stem (no match in Heawood - the fifth row is the widest, at 3.3 cm, so probably composed of 10-11 rows. Per Peter Bower, it is typical of 17th-century French wrapping paper).
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, graphite: "Van Der meulen". Verso: lower right, graphite: "Van der Meulen / From the Harcourt Collection //".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, graphite: "Van Der meulen". Verso: lower right, graphite: "Van der Meulen / From the Harcourt Collection //".
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