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Head and torso of a young man

Maker

(artist)
1600-1699

Title

Head and torso of a young man

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

black and white chalk with stumping on light-grey-prepared laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 21.9 cm
Width: 15.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4288

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 70; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£2); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 134

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

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

Inscription: Verso: lower left, graphite: "No 326. / 5C 110 / Diepenbak / 4288 //"; lower right, graphite: "# 3".

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