Figure study - barefoot man in long tunic kneeling on a cushion
Maker
(artist)
1610-1664
1610-1664
Title
Figure study - barefoot man in long tunic kneeling on a cushion
Date of Production
(circa) 1645 - 1650
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink on laid paper, laid down on paper support
Dimensions
Height: 10.8 cm
Width: 10.1 cm
Width: 10.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1978.PG.123.3
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. 123c
pl. LXXXIII
dated c. 1645-50
no. 123c
pl. LXXXIII
dated c. 1645-50
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermarks: Recto, upper left corner, fragment: edge of a circle, too fragmentary to see what it contains. Support: upper edge, cut off: “J WHATM[…]”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, brown ink: “59”. Support, Verso: lower right, graphite: “3”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, brown ink: “59”. Support, Verso: lower right, graphite: “3”.
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