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Three-quarter length portrait of a young lady

Maker

(?)
1700-1799

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1699-1773

Title

Three-quarter length portrait of a young lady

Date of Production

1735

Medium

graphite, red chalk, pen and grey-brown ink, grey-brown wash, white bodycolour, on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, now laid down on Japanese tissue

Dimensions

Height: 31.9 cm
Width: 25.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4522

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

Derek Hand; purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 19 December 1950; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 16 May 1951 (£20); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Special Display - French Portraits, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 14/06/2013-02/09/2013

Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery, 1959

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: large fleur-de-lis.

Inscription: Recto: lower right corner in margin, graphite: “Gravelot F.”; lower right corner, light brown ink: “1735.”. Verso (now obscured by Japanese tissue): upper left corner, brown ink: “Drawings of / Chas Frederick / N Gravelot / 1735._ //”.

Collector's mark: none.

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