Standing figure of a youth
Maker
After
(artist)
1560-1609
formerly attributed to
(artist)
1628-1719
(artist)
1560-1609
formerly attributed to
(artist)
1628-1719
Title
Standing figure of a youth
Medium
red and black chalk on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 41.1 cm
Width: 28.1 cm
Width: 28.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1972.WF.4763
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Fund, purchase, 1972
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Notes
Copy after a drawing by Annibale Carracci in the Uffizi Galleries, Florence, inv. 3656 S, which is related to his painting of Latona transforming the peasants of Lycia into frogs (the painting is in the archbishop's palace in Kromeriz, Moravia).
Provenance
Mrs S. Miskelly, High Banton, Scotland; purchased from her via the Witt Fund, November 1972
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: oval containing cross above letters “IHS”, 5 cm high x 3.7 cm wide (variant of Heawood 2974 - dated after 1578 - but more oval and larger).
Inscription: Di Carlo Cigniani
Inscription: U.176
Inscription: Di Carlo Cigniani
Inscription: U.176
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