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Snarling head of a wolf-hound
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1579-1657
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Width: 26.4 cm
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Master Drawings of the 17th century from the Witt Collection, Art Gallery of South Australia, Festival Exhibitions, Adelaide, 1968
Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 17/11/1962-22/12/1962 ...More
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943
Exhibition of Belgian and Flemish Art 1300-1900, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1927 ...Less
Literature
no. Z 82
Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977- January 1978
cat. no. 47
Anthony Blunt and Philip Troutman, Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, 1962
cat. no. 45 ...More
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 130
Exhibition of Belgian and Flemish Art 1300-1900, Royal Academy of Arts, London 1927, 1927
cat. no. 631 ...Less
Inscriptions
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, graphite, Witt number: "53"; lower right edge, graphite: "V.H. (Van Hacken Colln)"; lower right corner, graphite, partially erased: "S[...] / S / Snyders 1579-1657 / Head of a Wolf". Mount (historic), Verso: left of centre, graphite: "Mark of / Joseph van Haacken de Hawkins / d. 1749 Painter".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Joseph van Haecken (L.2516). Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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