Bust portrait of a man
Maker
(artist)
1600-1699
1600-1699
Title
Bust portrait of a man
Medium
black and red chalk with touches of graphite on laid paper (now heavily foxed), cut into an arch and laid down on light blue paper but only on the sides and upper edges
Dimensions
Height: 10.1 cm
Width: 7.6 cm
Width: 7.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4086
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
J.H.J. Mellaert (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 60
p. 60
Inscriptions
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Watermark: none.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Watermark: none.
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