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Studies for female figures

Maker

(artist)
1618-1680

Title

Studies for female figures

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on brown-prepared laid paper, laid down on a historic mount

Dimensions

Height: 19.5 cm
Width: 26.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4199

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

J.E. Huxtable; his estate sale, Sotheby's (London), 13 July 1949, lot 65; purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£11); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

unnumbered typescript - title was possibly 'A Selection of Drawings from The Witt/Courtauld Collections [as exhibited in 1964 at University of Sussex, Falmer]', Nottingham University, 1966

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 32

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none visible though difficult to see as is laid down.

Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink: "Sir P.Lely". Inside mount (not visible - see photo): lower centre, graphite, hard to read: "Brown frame [...] raised [...] #8 / Overmnt" ["#8 / Overmnt" repeated on the outer edge of the mount at lower right as well]. Mount (historic), Verso: lower right, graphite, circled: "E.1432".

Collector's mark: Removed, now glued to current mount: stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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