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Figure study - soldier seen in profile, carrying a pike over his shoulder, walking towards the right

Maker

(Artists)
1610-1664

Title

Figure study - soldier seen in profile, carrying a pike over his shoulder, walking towards the right

Date of Production

(circa) 1640 - 1645

Medium

pen and brown ink on laid paper, laid down on paper support

Dimensions

Height: 7 cm
Width: 5.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1978.PG.120.3

Mode of Acquisition

Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords






Provenance

John Elliott Huxtable (1865-1949); his estate sale, Sotheby’s (London), 13 July 1949, lot 49 (12 drawings by Della Bella including D.1978.PG.118.1.3, D.1978.PG.120.1-.6 and D.1978.PG.123.1-.3); purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Count Antoine Seilern, London (1901-1978) (£13 for all 12 drawings); Princes Gate Bequest 1978

Literature

Seilern, Count Antoine, Italian paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, SW7, London 1959; II
no. 120c
pl. LXXX
dated c. 1640-45

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, brown ink: “66”. Support, Verso: lower centre, graphite: “3” corrected from "1".

Collector's mark: none.

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