Sixteen grotesque heads (recto)
Maker
(artist)
1670-1715
1670-1715
Title
Sixteen grotesque heads (recto)
Date of Production
1600 - 1799
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink (recto and verso), on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 30 cm
Width: 23 cm
Width: 23 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.810
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
Spencer (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto, right centre edge, fragment: large fleur-de-lis.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre edge, brown ink, signed by the artist?: "*+ Demy quart Dheure F. Boitard fecit a la Crocoup [?]". Verso: within the drawing, down left centre, brown ink, human figure labelled "2" to "8", and below that "exdemy".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre edge, brown ink, signed by the artist?: "*+ Demy quart Dheure F. Boitard fecit a la Crocoup [?]". Verso: within the drawing, down left centre, brown ink, human figure labelled "2" to "8", and below that "exdemy".
Collector's mark: none.
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