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Studies of hands (recto)

Maker

(artist)
1510-1592

attributed to
(artist)
1577-1660

Title

Studies of hands (recto)

Medium

black and white chalk with stumping (recto and verso) on blue laid paper, the upper left corner replaced

Dimensions

Height: 32.3 cm
Width: 22.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1959.WF.4682

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Fund, purchase, 1959 (17 March)

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords






Provenance

anonymous sale (listed under 'property of a Gentleman'), Christie's (London), 17 March 1959, lot 46; purchased there by the Courtauld Gallery via the Witt Fund (with D.1959.WF.4683-4686)

Exhibition History

Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970

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

Literature

Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970
cat. no. 13

Newly Acquired Drawings for the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965-1966
cat. no. 20

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: possibly at Recto, right of centre, but unable to see clearly enough to discern.

Inscription: none.

Collector's mark: none.

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