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Caricature studies

Maker

(artist)
1612-1666

Title

Caricature studies

Medium

pen and brown ink on laid paper, laid down, pasted on an old marginal support

Dimensions

Height: 16.4 cm
Width: 19.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1959.WF.4687

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Fund, purchase, 1959

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

anonymous sale, Christie's (London), 17 March 1959, lot 64 (with D.1959.WF.4688-4690); purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of The Courtauld Gallery via the Witt Fund

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, brown ink: 64.

Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): lower right, graphite: AGOSTINO CARRACCI.

Inscription: Marginal support (old), Verso: lower right, graphite: 22.

Collector's mark: none.

Watermark: none evident in the drawing sheet. Backing sheet (historic): centre: circle with a double border containing a lamb carrying a flagstaff staff over its shoulder, all surmounted by the letter N (no exact match found, the closest is Heawood 2838 - Rome 167-74 but there the "N" is below the circle, and an "A" is above. Churchill lists the Pascal lamb as an Italian watermark c. 1608-1657.).

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