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Standing female figure in robes

Maker

(artist)
1723-1792

Title

Standing female figure in robes

Date of Production

1757 - 1759

Medium

black chalk on paper, laid down on card support; lower right corner cut and filled in with graphite on the support

Dimensions

Height: 17.4 cm
Width: 12.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4012

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

anonymous sale, Sotheby's (London), 24 November 1948, lot 82; purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), for £50; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Neo-Classical Drawings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1972-December 1972

Joshua Reynolds: loan exhibition in aid of the Royal Northern Hospital, 45 Park Lane, London, 09/02/1937-23/03/1937

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 40

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: unable to check as is laid down on card; none evident in raking light.

Inscription: Support (historic), Recto: lower right, graphite: "K / C Chip"; lower centre margin, graphite: "Reynolds / Ds of Northumberland". Support (historic), Verso: centre, graphite: "-5943-"; lower right, graphite: "#4".

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

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