Study of a male head
Maker
(artist)
1553-1626
1553-1626
Title
Study of a male head
Date of Production
(circa) 1596 - 1597
Medium
charcoal with stumping on laid paper (examined under microscope)
Dimensions
Height: 44 cm
Width: 34.4 cm
Width: 34.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1958.WF.4664
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Fund, purchase, 1958
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Franklin (?); Max de Beer (London); purchased there by The Courtauld via the Witt Fund, September 1958
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre (in nostril of figure): too indistinct to make out.
Inscription: none on the drawing. Mount (removed and now kept separately in store), Recto: upper left corner, graphite, circled: “2108”; upper centre, graphite, upside down (must have been used for one drawing one way and then repurposed and turned around): “Stradanus”; upper left, graphite, upside down: “Andrea Vannuchi del Sarto 1488-1530. / Aus den Cabinet Oudaaan”; lower centre, graphite: “Cristoforo Roncalli / (il Pomerancio)” and beside that, circled: “28”; lower right corner, circled, acc. no.: “4664”.
Collector's mark: Recto: upper left corner, stamped in black ink: unidentified collector’s mark (not in Lugt).
Inscription: none on the drawing. Mount (removed and now kept separately in store), Recto: upper left corner, graphite, circled: “2108”; upper centre, graphite, upside down (must have been used for one drawing one way and then repurposed and turned around): “Stradanus”; upper left, graphite, upside down: “Andrea Vannuchi del Sarto 1488-1530. / Aus den Cabinet Oudaaan”; lower centre, graphite: “Cristoforo Roncalli / (il Pomerancio)” and beside that, circled: “28”; lower right corner, circled, acc. no.: “4664”.
Collector's mark: Recto: upper left corner, stamped in black ink: unidentified collector’s mark (not in Lugt).
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