Seated female nude
Maker
(artist)
1702-1788
1702-1788
Title
Seated female nude
Date of Production
1700 - 1799
Medium
black, red and white chalk on pink-prepared laid paper, laid down on a mount
Dimensions
Height: 41.8 cm
Width: 29.6 cm
Width: 29.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4136
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
Henry Reveley, Bryn y Gwin (1737-1798), L.1356; Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermarks: none in the drawing sheet. Mount (historic), Verso: upper centre: “J WHATMAN”; Countermark: lower centre: Strasburg bend with lily above a cursive “W” (matches Heawood 104 – Engl. or US 1784).
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: right lower margin, graphite: "12 / x 19"; lower centre, graphite: "Zuccarelli"; lower left edge, graphite, erased and now partly illegible: "[...] 24 x 19".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Henry Reveley (L.1356). Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: right lower margin, graphite: "12 / x 19"; lower centre, graphite: "Zuccarelli"; lower left edge, graphite, erased and now partly illegible: "[...] 24 x 19".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Henry Reveley (L.1356). Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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