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Portrait of Queen Catherine of Braganza

Maker

After
Jacob Huysmans (artist)
1630-1696

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1600-1699

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1648-1727

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1656-1687

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1639-1684

Title

Portrait of Queen Catherine of Braganza

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

black and red chalk, red wash, white and green bodycolour, on brown laid paper, with brown ink framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 24 cm
Width: 21.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4056

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

Sir Francis Oppenheimer (1870-1961); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 17 November 1948; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 14 January 1949 (£30, as a portrait of Catherine of Braganza, by C. Netscher); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 134

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, left lower edge: top of a crowned shield.

Inscription: Verso: lower right, graphite, including Colnaghi number: "DARK CREAM. / W.B.W. / A. 15953".

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner (on remnant of a former backing sheet), stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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