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Portrait heads of a girl and a boy (Rachel and Alexander)

Maker

(artist)
1639-1684

Title

Portrait heads of a girl and a boy (Rachel and Alexander)

Date of Production

(16 August) 1682

Medium

black and red chalk with stumping on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 16.1 cm
Width: 15.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4286

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

Lionel Lucas, London (1822-1862), L.1733a; by descent to his nephew, Claude Lucas; his sale, Christie's (London), 9 December 1949, lot 70 (with three others, including D.1952.RW.4287); purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£25.4); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 2: Other than landscape, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1976-77 (Nov.-Feb.)

Literature

Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 2: Other than landscape, Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1976 - Febr
cat. no. 49

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, left centre edge, fragment: top of a foolscap with seven points.

Inscription: Recto: upper centre, each child labelled in brown ink: “j.” and “2.”. Verso: lower centre, red chalk, signed and dated by the artist?: “Rachel. / 1682 / Alexander den 16 Aúgústÿ. / Netsch: del. //”; lower right corner, graphite: “#2”; lower left edge, graphite, Witt number: “4286 / C Netscher //”.

Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Lionel Lucas (L.1733a). Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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