Three-quarter length portrait of a young lady
Maker
(?)
1700-1799
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1699-1773
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
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
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.
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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