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Head of a young monk

Maker

(artist)
1682-1754

Title

Head of a young monk

Medium

black and white chalk with stumping on grey laid paper, laid down on a historic support

Dimensions

Height: 28.4 cm
Width: 21.1 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.84

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

Benno Geiger, Italy (1882-1965); his sale, Sotheby's (London), 7 - 10 December 1920, lot 228; Frank T. Sabin (London); purchased from him by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d. (£14); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

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

Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943

Eton, 1939

Literature

Geiger, Benno, Handzeichnungen alter Meister, Zurich, 1948
no. 76
Illus. p. 106

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermarks: centre: three crescent moons or ‘tre lune’. Support (historic), Verso (only visible in raking light): a large open scroll, the ends curled away from each other (unable to see writing on the scroll).

Collector's mark: none.

Inscription: Support (historic), Verso, all in graphite: upper centre edge: “18”; upper centre: “g / P 3 //”; right of centre: “9 12/30”; lower centre: “Giovanni Battista Piazetta / 1682-1754. / Head of a young monk. //”; lower left corner: “26”. MOUNT (removed, now missing, information recorded on Museum Plus), VERSO: ink: "17th - C Bolognese, near Cavedone".

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