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Bust portrait of a man, in profile

Maker

(artist)
born 1816

Title

Date of Production

(25 August) 1816

Medium

black chalk with stumping, grey wash, a stroke of graphite across the shoulder, on laid paper, now laid down on Japanese tissue

Dimensions

Height: 27.3 cm
Width: 20.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4550

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

Label Text

This stern profile of an older man appears to be one of a pair with the portrait of a woman in a turban by the same artist; the sitters were likely a married couple, the inscriptions on both drawings indicating that they were made on the same day. Little is known of the artist, Antonia Lafitte, although she was probably a relation of the better-known Louis Lafitte; the restrained neoclassicism of both artists’ draughtsmanship suggests that she may at least have been his student.

Provenance

R.G. Waldron; purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 8 May 1951 (along with D.1952.RW.4551); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 20 October 1951 (£9); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

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

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, grey ink, signed and dated by the artist: “Antonia’ Lafitte del.vt / 25 aôut 1816 //”. Verso (now hidden under Japanese tissue): lower right edge, graphite, Colnaghi number: “A18217”.

Collector's mark: none.

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