Bust portrait of a girl
Maker
(artist)
1563-1610
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
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).
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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