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Half-length portrait of a young lady with a fan

Maker

(artist)
1726-1763

Title

Half-length portrait of a young lady with a fan

Date of Production

1700 - 1799

Medium

black chalk on laid paper, with black chalk framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 24.5 cm
Width: 21.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.787

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

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Provenance

Reverend Dr Henry Wellesley, Oxford (1791-1866) [according to the Witt card; not listed in his June 1862 sale, perhaps among anonymous Dutch portraits in his 1866 estate sale]; George Peter Dudley Wallis, Manchester and London (1883-1977); Sotheby's (London), 27 - 28 June 1922, lot 2; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£4.6); Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, right upper edge, fragment: tips of letters “I V”.

Inscription: Recto: lower left, black chalk, signed by the artist: “G vdM.”. Verso: lower left edge, graphite, modern hand: “van der Myn RW 787 Colls Wellesley + Dudley Wallis”.

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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