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Man with arms folded

Maker

Jan-Baptiste Tency (artist)
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

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

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".

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