Figure study - soldier standing with a pike, looking over his right shoulder
Maker
(artist)
1610-1664
1610-1664
Title
Figure study - soldier standing with a pike, looking over his right shoulder
Date of Production
(circa) 1640 - 1645
Medium
pen and brown ink on laid paper, laid down on paper support
Dimensions
Height: 7 cm
Width: 5.4 cm
Width: 5.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1978.PG.120.4
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. 120d
pl. LXXX
dated c. 1640-45
no. 120d
pl. LXXX
dated c. 1640-45
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: upper right corner, brown ink: "17". Support, Verso: lower right, graphite: “4” corrected from a “2”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: upper right corner, brown ink: "17". Support, Verso: lower right, graphite: “4” corrected from a “2”.
Collector's mark: none.
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