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Head of a man

Maker

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1671-1749

Title

Head of a man

Medium

pen and brown ink on laid paper, cut into a circle and laid down on a historic mount (D.1963.WF.4721-4727 all mounted together; probably an album page due to number at upper right)

Dimensions

Height: 3.3 cm
Width: 3.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1963.WF.4721

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Fund, purchase, 1963

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords




Provenance

Sir Joshua Reynolds, London (1723-1792); possibly his estate sale, H. Phillips (London), 5 - 22 March 1798, day 7 lot 787; Adelbert Cust, Lord Brownlow (1867-1927); his sale, Sotheby's (London), 29 June 1926, lot 55; Colnaghi (London); purchased there by the Courtauld Gallery via the Witt Fund, March 1963

Exhibition History

Italian Drawings of the 17th and 18th Centuries from the Witt
Collection
, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/03/1971-01/04/1971

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

Riccomini, Marco, Donato Creti: Le opere su carta: catalogo ragionato, Turin, 2012
pp. 54, 291, no. 51.8

Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970
cat. no. 46

Newly Acquired Drawings for the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965-1966
cat. no. 44

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner (mostly on the mount) stamped in black: Sir Joshua Reynolds (L.2364).

Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: upper right, brown ink, album page?: "719."; lower centre, brown ink: "Tutti di Donato Creti"; lower right, graphite, first number circled, includes Colnaghi number: "16 / (ON 2 SHEETS) / D26545 (13)".

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