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Bust portrait of a young man

Maker

de Moyure (artist)
born 1627

Title

Bust portrait of a young man

Date of Production

1627

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink on laid paper, all four corners cut, laid down on a historic mount

Dimensions

Height: 24.7 cm
Width: 22 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4284

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

Lionel Lucas, London (1822-1862), L.1733a; by descent to his nephew, Claude Lucas; his sale, Christie's (London), 9 December 1949, lot 51; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Mount (historic): centre: Strasburg lily above “4” above “L V G”.

Inscription: Recto: upper left edge, brown ink, signed and dated by the artist: “.DE. Mo?ure. F. &c. In. / .1627. //”. Mount (historic), Verso: lower left edge, graphite: “4284”, lower centre edge, graphite: “37”; lower right corner, graphite: “Open / #2 //”.

Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Lionel Lucas (L.1733a); lower left corner, partly on drawing but mostly on mount, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b). Mount (historic), Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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