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Four draped female figures

Maker

(artist)
1600-1699

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1500-1599

Title

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

traces of black chalk, pen and brown ink on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 18.3 cm
Width: 17.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1958.WF.4660

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Fund, purchase, 1958 (January)

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

Provenance

Étienne (called Auguste) Desperet, Paris (1804-1865), L.721; purchased by The Courtauld via the Witt Fund, January 1958

Exhibition History

Newly Acquired Drawings for the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965-1966

A selection of drawings from the Witt collection: French drawings c. 1600-c. 1800, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1962

Literature

Newly Acquired Drawings for the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965-1966
cat. no. 21

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: lower centre edge: square shield bearing a cross; evidence of a countermark at upper centre edge, but only tips of letters visible (according to Peter Bower, these are the arms of the city of London, and indicate the paper was probably made in Angoulême, France).

Inscription: none.

Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Étienne (called Auguste) Desperet (L.721).

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