Studies of head and hands of a child
Maker
(artist)
1708-1787
1708-1787
Title
Studies of head and hands of a child
Medium
red chalk on laid paper, laid down on a historic paper support with red ink framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 29.6 cm
Width: 21 cm
Width: 21 cm
Accession Number
D.1960.WF.4703
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Fund, purchase, 1960 (11 November)
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Gallipere Album (? a former curator wrote in the object file that this was part of the 'Gallipere Album' but no further information and no research thus far has shed light on the identity of this name); Yvonne ffrench, London (1901-1989); purchased from her by the Courtauld Gallery via the Witt Fund, 18 November 1960 (£25)
Exhibition History
Italian Drawings of the 17th and 18th Centuries from the Witt
Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/03/1971-01/04/1971
Newly Acquired Drawings for the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965-1966
Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/03/1971-01/04/1971
Newly Acquired Drawings for the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965-1966
Literature
Newly Acquired Drawings for the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965-1966
cat. no. 43
no. 43
Sestieri, Giancarlo and Renato Roli, I disegni italiani del Settecento, 1981
p. 98
fig. 165
Clark, Anthony M., Pompeo Batoni: A Complete Catalogue of his Works with an Introductory Text, Oxford, 1985
D101 on p. 382 ...More
Edgar Peters Bowron, Pompeo Batoni: A Complete Catalogue of His Paintings, New Haven and London/Yale University Press 2016
p. 662 ...Less
cat. no. 43
no. 43
Sestieri, Giancarlo and Renato Roli, I disegni italiani del Settecento, 1981
p. 98
fig. 165
Clark, Anthony M., Pompeo Batoni: A Complete Catalogue of his Works with an Introductory Text, Oxford, 1985
D101 on p. 382 ...More
Edgar Peters Bowron, Pompeo Batoni: A Complete Catalogue of His Paintings, New Haven and London/Yale University Press 2016
p. 662 ...Less
Inscriptions
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: none.
Watermark: centre: a circle - unable to see what it contains.
Collector's mark: none.
Watermark: centre: a circle - unable to see what it contains.
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