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Half-length portrait of a girl with an embroidered bodice and head scarf

Maker

(artist)
1578-1630

Title

Half-length portrait of a girl with an embroidered bodice and head scarf

Date of Production

1607 - 1612

Medium

chalk (black and white) on faded blue laid paper, laid down on an historic mount

Dimensions

Height: 22.6 cm
Width: 16.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3908

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

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Provenance

presumably acquired in Italy by Richard Ford, London and Heavitree (1796-1858); by descent to his son Sir Francis Clare Ford (1828-1899); by descent to his son John G. Ford; his sale, Sotheby's (London), 19 March 1947, lot 72; purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952) (£20); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Primarosa, Yuri, Ottavio Leoni (1578-1630): eccellente miniator di ritratto : catalogo ragionato dei disegni e dei dipinti, Rome 2017
no. 235
ill. on p. 391
dated 1607-12

Sani, Bernardina, La fatica virtuosa di Ottavio Leoni, Turin and New York 2005
p. 62
dated c. 1605-10

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, right centre: circle containing eagle with spread wings. Possibly a crown above the circle (no exact match found but similar to Briquet 207 - Rome 1573-76 with variants found on Italian papers dating 1578-1598).

Inscription: Ottavio Leone / Italian 1575/8-1628/30. / Richard Ford Coll. / 3908 //

Inscription: Ottavio Lioni / 1616. //

Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)

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