Reclining female nude
Maker
(artist)
1734-1804
1734-1804
Title
Reclining female nude
Date of Production
1734 - 1804
Medium
graphite, pen and grey ink, grey wash on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 15.9 cm
Width: 22.1 cm
Width: 22.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4407
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
Martin Wronker; his estate sale, Sotheby's (London), 24 May 1950, lot 14 (along with D.1952.RW.4405, 4406 and 5 others); purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952) (£4); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 25
p. 25
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left, pen and grey ink, signed and partially obscured by the plant drawn over it by the artist: "Moses Haughton delt"; lower centre edge, graphite, erased, hard to read: "Haughton [?]".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left, pen and grey ink, signed and partially obscured by the plant drawn over it by the artist: "Moses Haughton delt"; lower centre edge, graphite, erased, hard to read: "Haughton [?]".
Collector's mark: none.
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