Sheet of figure studies with legs and arms
Maker
(artist)
1619-1697
1619-1697
Title
Sheet of figure studies with legs and arms
Date of Production
1635 - 1699
Medium
pen and brown ink, brown wash, white bodycolour, on brown-prepared laid paper, on a historic mount
Dimensions
Height: 29.5 cm
Width: 41.7 cm
Width: 41.7 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4078
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
Charles Rogers, London (1711-1784), L.624; probably his estate sale, Thomas Philipe (dealer), London, 15 - 24 April 1799, lot 253 (as by Simon Dubois); Arthur Melville Champernowne, Totnes (1871-1946), L.153; Hans M. Calmann, London (1899-1982); from whom acquired by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), date unknown, for £1; Witt bequest, 1952
Exhibition History
CORPUS: The Body Unbound, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 16/06/2017-16/07/2017
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 125
p. 125
Inscriptions
Watermark: Recto: left of centre: winged figure above a circle.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, pen and brown ink: Charles Rogers (L.624); lower left corner, pen and brown ink: Arthur Melville Champernowne (L.153).
Inscription: Recto: upper right edge, brown ink: "Le". Mount (historic), Recto: lower left, graphite: "x / Eduard Dubois Antwerp 1619-1697"; lower left corner, graphite, Witt number: "4078"; lower right corner, graphite, erased: "84". Mount (historic), Verso: upper left, graphite: "92"; upper right, graphite, modern hand: "Ovemt"; right of centre, graphite: "d. in England 1699 / see Walpole / U92 Collections / Charles Rogers / A.M. Champernowne"; lower right corner, graphite, modern hand: "#2 / Ovemt".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, pen and brown ink: Charles Rogers (L.624); lower left corner, pen and brown ink: Arthur Melville Champernowne (L.153).
Inscription: Recto: upper right edge, brown ink: "Le". Mount (historic), Recto: lower left, graphite: "x / Eduard Dubois Antwerp 1619-1697"; lower left corner, graphite, Witt number: "4078"; lower right corner, graphite, erased: "84". Mount (historic), Verso: upper left, graphite: "92"; upper right, graphite, modern hand: "Ovemt"; right of centre, graphite: "d. in England 1699 / see Walpole / U92 Collections / Charles Rogers / A.M. Champernowne"; lower right corner, graphite, modern hand: "#2 / Ovemt".
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