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Caricatures of women

Maker

(artist)
1702-1786

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1674-1755

Title

Caricatures of women

Medium

pen and brown ink on laid paper with brown ink framing lines, laid down

Dimensions

Height: 28.1 cm
Width: 20.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.589

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

William Bateson, London (1861-1926), L.2604a; his sale, Sotheby's (London), 23 - 24 April 1929, lot 40 (as by Ghezzi); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£1); Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner and twice on verso (backing sheet), lower right, stamped in black ink: William Bateson (L.2604a). Verso (backing sheet): lower right, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)

Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): lower right, graphite: Ghezzi

Watermark: none evident in the drawing sheet. Backing sheet, verso: centre: VITTORI (Laurentius and Laurentius list a papermaker named Girolamo Vittory, working in Umbria, on paper dated 1784).

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