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Head of an old man - study for 'The King Drinks'

Maker

(artist)
1593-1678

Title

Date of Production

(circa) 1645

Medium

black, red and white chalk with stumping on buff laid paper, with dark brown ink framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 14.1 cm
Width: 16 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4099

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

Francis Wellesley, Westfield Common, England, by 1918 [when he loaned it to Bath, see label in file]; his sale, Sothebys, London, 28 June - 2 July 1920, lot 490; Captain George Fenwick-Owen; his sale, Sotheby's, London, 16 February 1949, lot 66; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952) (£15); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977-January 1978

Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, July 1918

Literature

Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977- January 1978
cat. no. 56

d'Hulst, R.A., Jordaens drawings, London 1974
no. A.168
ill. 178

d'Hulst, R.A., De tekeningen van Jacob Jordaens, Brussels 1956
no. 232, p. 414 ...More

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 127 ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: none. Peter Bower in his Flemish watermark report said the paper type is very similar to D.1952.RW.1263 but made on a different mould.

Label: An old exhibition label on its former mount (now removed and in curatorial file): field names printed in black and filled in by hand with brown ink: Victoria Art Gallery, Bath. / Name of Picture Study for a man's Portrait / Jakob Jordaens. / Owner's name Francis Wellesley Esq / Address Westfield Common / nr. Woking / Received 8th July 1918. / Returned 19 / T.

Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, brown ink: oe.

Collector's mark: none.

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