by-nc

Sheet of figure studies with legs and arms

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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".

Information on this object may be incomplete and will be updated as research progresses. We are particularly committed to addressing any discriminatory or offensive language and ideas that might be present in our records. To help improve this record, and to enquire about images of The Courtauld Gallery Collection, please email gallery.collectionsonline@courtauld.ac.ukFind out more about using and licensing our images.

____________________________

Buy a print from our collection