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Grotesque head

Maker

Attributed to
(artist)
1674-1755

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1580-1647

Title

Grotesque head

Medium

pen and brown ink on laid paper, laid down, laid down again on an historic support, with losses at the upper and lower right edge

Dimensions

Height: 16.8 cm
Width: 12.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.8

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

Sir William Stirling Maxwell (1818-1878); by descent to Sir John Stirling Maxwell (1866-1956); E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d. (4 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952 Stirling Maxwell's Spanish drawings were sold at Parsons in 1921, and the Witt numbers immediately preceding this were purchased there at that sale, but there is no mention in Parson's catalogue of Stirling Maxwell owning any of the Italian drawings. Also Witt included the Parsons catalogue clippings on the previous Witt cards but not on these Ghezzi purchases.

Inscriptions

Watermark: none visible with VSC, unable to check further due to supports.

Inscription: 8

Inscription: Sebastiano Ghezzi / Italian. Op. c. 1634 / Coll. Sir John Stirling Maxwell

Inscription: 3

Collector's mark: none.

Inscription: 8.9. Pier Leon Ghezzi / Italian 1674-1755 / Coll: Sir John Stirling Maxwell

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