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Two half-draped youths - one seated, one kneeling on hands and knees

Maker

(artist)
1566-1651

Title

Two half-draped youths - one seated, one kneeling on hands and knees

Date of Production

1645 - 1650

Medium

black and red chalk with stumping, pen and brown ink on laid paper, with black chalk line along bottom and remnant of a brown ink line across the upper right edge

Dimensions

Height: 14.6 cm
Width: 18.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4285

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); 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

Literature

Bolten, Jaap, Abraham Bloemaert c. 1565-1651: the drawings, 2007
no. 954 on p. 313
fig. 954 on p. 359

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: cross covered with a serpent, above a small house, above two boxes containing letters "VL" (no match in Heawood or Piccard, Peter Bower believes it is Swiss, mid-17th century).

Inscription: Verso: lower right, graphite: "#1".

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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