Bust portrait of an elderly man
Maker
Isaac van Wessel (artist)
1670-1736
1670-1736
Title
Bust portrait of an elderly man
Date of Production
1671
Medium
black, red, white and yellow chalk or pastels, all with stumping and with added wash, the right edge added later, now laid down
Dimensions
Height: 40.2 cm
Width: 34.3 cm
Width: 34.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4144
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
Jan van Loon; his sale, Delft, 18 July 1736, lot 38 (with a portrait of an old woman); J.H.J. Mellaert (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check as drawing is laid down.
Inscription: Recto: right centre edge, brown ink, signed and dated by the artist: "van wessell. Fecit / i167i //".
Collector's mark: Presumably on the verso, which is no longer visible as the drawing is laid down: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: right centre edge, brown ink, signed and dated by the artist: "van wessell. Fecit / i167i //".
Collector's mark: Presumably on the verso, which is no longer visible as the drawing is laid down: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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