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Head of a laughing youth

Maker

(artist)
1600-1699

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1581-1666

Title

Head of a laughing youth

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

black and white chalk, grey wash, on blue laid paper, laid down on a historic mount

Dimensions

Height: 13 cm
Width: 13.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1955.WF.4635

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Fund, purchase, 1955

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords





Provenance

Witt Fund Purchase 1955

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to mount.

Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left edge, graphite: "D. 201"; lower centre edge, brown ink over graphite: "F. Halls"; lower right edge, graphite, erased: "Frans Hals."; lower right corner, graphite: "?". Mount (historic), Verso: centre, brown ink: deliberately abraded and now unclear: "P" or "Q" [?]; centre, brown ink: "25"; lower left corner, graphite: "W/TM/"; lower right edge, brown ink: "F Halls".

Collector's mark: none.

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