Half-length portrait of a man
Maker
(artist)
1629-1658
1629-1658
Title
Half-length portrait of a man
Date of Production
1600 - 1699
Medium
black chalk and wash on parchment, with black chalk framing lines, laid down on a laid paper backing which has suffered losses
Dimensions
Height: 34.1 cm
Width: 28 cm
Width: 28 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3933
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
Alcide Donnadieu, London (around 1791-1861), L.97; Alfred Morrison, London and Fonthill (1821-1897); John F. Keane, Cambridge; his sale, Sotheby's (London), 3 December 1947, lot 43; purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£40); Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: n/a.
Inscription: Recto: upper right corner, black chalk, false signature?: "C de VisscherF:". Verso (parchment, showing through losses in backing sheet): upper left corner, graphite: “90”; lower centre, graphite, slightly obscured by backing sheet: “Donor Paten van den Maden / […] vaden […] door C. Visscher”; lower left corner, graphite: “2”. Verso (backing sheet): upper left corner, graphite, Colnaghi number and price: “A 7054 / L/-/-”; lower left corner, brown ink: “13”; lower centre, brown ink, a variation on L.97: “ADonnadieu.”. Apparently the former mount also had inscriptions attesting to its former ownership by Alfred Morrison, but these are now lost and only mentioned in the file.
Collector's mark: Verso (backing sheet): lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b); lower centre edge, pen and brown ink: Alcide Donnadieu (L.97).
Inscription: Recto: upper right corner, black chalk, false signature?: "C de VisscherF:". Verso (parchment, showing through losses in backing sheet): upper left corner, graphite: “90”; lower centre, graphite, slightly obscured by backing sheet: “Donor Paten van den Maden / […] vaden […] door C. Visscher”; lower left corner, graphite: “2”. Verso (backing sheet): upper left corner, graphite, Colnaghi number and price: “A 7054 / L/-/-”; lower left corner, brown ink: “13”; lower centre, brown ink, a variation on L.97: “ADonnadieu.”. Apparently the former mount also had inscriptions attesting to its former ownership by Alfred Morrison, but these are now lost and only mentioned in the file.
Collector's mark: Verso (backing sheet): lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b); lower centre edge, pen and brown ink: Alcide Donnadieu (L.97).
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