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Portrait of a woman

Maker

(artist)
1616-1687

Title

Portrait of a woman

Date of Production

(circa) 1658 - 1659

Medium

red and black chalk on laid paper, laid down on a historic mount

Dimensions

Height: 26.8 cm
Width: 21.1 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4369

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

R.E.A. Wilson (London); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 14 January 1950; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 20 Feburary 1950, for £20; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

The Medici's Painter: Carlo Dolci and 17th century Florence, Davis Museum at Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, 08/02/2017-09/07/2017

Carlo Dolci - Firenze 1616-1686, Galeria Palatina di Palazzo Pitti, Florence, 30/06/2015-15/11/2015

Literature

Baldassari, Francesca, Carlo Dolci, Turin, 1995
pp. 109, 111
fig. 80a

Carlo Dolci: 1616-1687, Galeria Palatina di Palazzo Pitti, Florence, 2015, 2015
p. 328
ill. on p. 329

Baldassari, Francesca, Carlo Dolci: complete catalogue of the paintings, Florence, 2015
p. 188

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to mount.

Inscription: Carlo Dolci

Inscription: A 17122 / cx/-/- //

Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)

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