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Bust portrait of a man

Maker

(artist)
1623-1677

Title

Bust portrait of a man

Date of Production

1655

Medium

black and white chalk with stumping, grey, black and brown wash, on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 40.2 cm
Width: 34.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4567

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

Robinson & Foster (London), 22 November 1951, lot 57; purchased there by Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 3 December 1951 (£25)

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 132

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: unable to check as the drawing is laid down.

Inscription: Recto: upper right corner, black chalk, signed and dated by the artist: "W Vaillant fecitt / i655 //"

Collector's mark: Presumably on the verso, which is no longer visible as the drawing is laid down: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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