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Sixteen grotesque heads (recto)

Maker

(artist)
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

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.

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