Man with arms folded
Maker
Jan-Baptiste Tency (artist)
1772-1793
1772-1793
Title
Man with arms folded
Date of Production
1772
Medium
black and white chalk with stumping and some added moisture on brown-prepared laid paper, with double black chalk framing lines, laid down
Dimensions
Height: 19.3 cm
Width: 13.8 cm
Width: 13.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4077
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
Jacob Herman Jan Mellaert (1875-1972), London; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (70 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 131
p. 131
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Collector's mark: Verso (backing sheet): lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, black chalk, signed and dated by the artist?: "joannes.B.jTency / Fecit. i772 //". Verso (backing sheet): lower left edge, graphite, Witt number: "4077"; lower right edge, graphite: "#4".
Collector's mark: Verso (backing sheet): lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, black chalk, signed and dated by the artist?: "joannes.B.jTency / Fecit. i772 //". Verso (backing sheet): lower left edge, graphite, Witt number: "4077"; lower right edge, graphite: "#4".
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