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Three men wearing turbans

Maker

Circle of
(artist)
1615-1673

Title

Three men wearing turbans

Medium

pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, on a historic support
support (historic), verso, only visible with raking light and hard to decipher: a shield above letters “GR”?

Dimensions

Height: 10.9 cm
Width: 9.1 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.969

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

perhaps Charles Noel, 1st Earl Gainsborough (1781-1866) (according to Witt card); E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (14 shillings, along with D.1952.RW.970); Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Inscription: Inscriptions on verso visible via transmitted light but illegible and otherwise hidden by support. SUPPORT (historic), RECTO: lower left edge, graphite, a reference to the Witt numbers for Rosa drawings: “969-979”.

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

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