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Bust portrait of an elderly man

Maker

Isaac van Wessel (artist)
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

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

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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).

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