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Caricature head of a man

Maker

(artist)
1660-1704

Title

Caricature head of a man

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, enclosed in circular red chalk and brown ink framing lines, enclosed again in square brown ink framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 11.3 cm
Width: 10.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3882

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

Robert Henri Randall Davies, London (1866-1946); his estate sale, Sotheby’s (London), 10 - 12 February 1947, lot 90 (with one other); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower right, brown ink, signed by the artist: "CDS.".

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

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