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Bust portrait of a girl

Maker

(artist)
1563-1610

Title

Bust portrait of a girl

Date of Production

1580 - 1610

Medium

black and red chalk on buff laid paper, on a historic support, on a historic mount

Dimensions

Height: 18.3 cm
Width: 12 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.894

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

Reverend Oliver Cave; Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Support (historic), Verso: upper centre edge, fragment: small shield upside down, below a cloud? Below are letters “G V” (no match in Briquet or Heawood).

Inscription: Verso (hidden under support, visible via transmitted light): upper centre, ink: “236”. Support (historic), Verso: lower centre, graphite: “894 / Jordaens? //”. Inner mount (historic), Recto: lower right, graphite: “T. Zuccaro / Voss attr. to Salimbeni or / F. Vanni / ! This has been ascr. also / to Jordaens. / + Empoli //”. Outer mount (historic), Recto: lower left, graphite, Witt number: “894”; lower right, graphite: “Francesco Vanni / 1563-1609 / Coll. Rev.. Oliver Cave / D.1952.RW.894 T.O. //”; lower right, graphite, artist’s name underlined: “Franc. Vanni / H.V. //”.

Collector's mark: Support (historic), Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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