Standing female figure in robes
Maker
(artist)
1723-1792
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
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
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
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).
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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