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
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
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
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).
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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