Head of a man
Self-portrait
Maker
Adolphe Monticelli (artist)
1824-1886
1824-1886
Title
Head of a man
Self-portrait
Self-portrait
Date of Production
1800 - 1899
Medium
red chalk on wove paper, now laid down on Japanese tissue
Dimensions
Height: 25 cm
Width: 16.6 cm
Width: 16.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1974.XX.26
Mode of Acquisition
Tom Boase, bequest, 1974 (August)
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
part of a Monticelli sketchbook, Aix-en-Provence; purchased there by Thomas Boase (1898-1974), n.d.; Boase Bequest 1974
Inscriptions
Watermark: none.
Inscription: none.
Stamp: Verso, centre, colour unclear as obscured by Japanese tissue: “GIRAUD / PHARMACIEN / 15. Rue des Orfèvres & Rue des Marveilles [?]” [not in Lugt].
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: none.
Stamp: Verso, centre, colour unclear as obscured by Japanese tissue: “GIRAUD / PHARMACIEN / 15. Rue des Orfèvres & Rue des Marveilles [?]” [not in Lugt].
Collector's mark: none.
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