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Six grotesque heads

Maker

(artist)
1734-1802

Alternatively attributed to
(artist)
1728-1781

Title

Six grotesque heads

Date of Production

18th century

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 29.3 cm
Width: 20.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.61

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

F.R. Meatyard (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), by 1937 [when lent by him to Gernsheim exhibition] (19 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Drawings by Guercino and other Baroque Masters, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/02/1977-01/03/1977

Exhibition of Drawings of the Bolognese School, Walter Gernsheim, London, 10/05/1937-10/06/1937

Inscriptions

Inscription: 348

Inscription: 31001

Inscription: 16

Inscription: 98. 119.

Inscription: No 24 = N

Inscription: 260

Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)

Watermark: centre: star above a circle containing an anchor, below are the letters "GM".

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