Full length view of a gentleman leaning on a pedestal, with two studies of the left foot in the lower right corner
Maker
(artist)
1708-1767
1708-1767
Title
Full length view of a gentleman leaning on a pedestal, with two studies of the left foot in the lower right corner
Date of Production
1700 - 1799
Medium
black, red and white chalk on blue laid paper, the verso prepared with black chalk only in the area of the figure and the lines of the figure incised for transfer
Dimensions
Height: 45.3 cm
Width: 31.7 cm
Width: 31.7 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.878
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
George Peter Dudley Wallis, Manchester and London (1883-1977); F.R. Meatyard (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, by January 1926 (£3); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 29
Baker, C.H. Collins, 'Some Eighteenth-Century Drawings in the Witt Collection' in 'The Connoisseur', January 1926
p. 29
Baker, C.H. Collins, 'Some Eighteenth-Century Drawings in the Witt Collection' in 'The Connoisseur', January 1926
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: upper left edge, black chalk: “5”. Verso: upper right corner, graphite: “No8”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: upper left edge, black chalk: “5”. Verso: upper right corner, graphite: “No8”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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