Head of a young monk
Maker
(artist)
1682-1754
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
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
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
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".
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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