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Head of a Persian

Maker

After
(artist)
1619-1690

Title

Head of a Persian

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

black, red and white chalk on grey-brown laid paper, laid down

Dimensions

Height: 25.5 cm
Width: 23 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3909

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

Dr Carl Robert Rudolf, London (1884-1974); acquired from him (in exchange for Witt's drawing no. 2678 by Gaudenzio Ferrari) by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Collector's mark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, graphite: “Le Brun”.

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