Head of a cherub
Maker
(artist)
1671-1749
1671-1749
Title
Head of a cherub
Medium
pen and brown ink on laid paper, 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: 5.4 cm
Width: 8.2 cm
Width: 8.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1963.WF.4726
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
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. 54-55, no. 51.2D
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
pp. 54-55, no. 51.2D
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: upper left corner, fragment: circle containing a fleur-de-lis? (has same form but with wavy edges; could be similar to fleur-de-lis in D.1952.RW.4190).
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, 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)".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, 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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