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Two monks standing, facing left

Maker

(artist)
1720-1778

Title

Two monks standing, facing left

Date of Production

1755 - 1760 or 1770 - 1775?

Medium

red chalk, moistened in areas, on laid paper, cut out along the outlines of the figures, laid down on a historic support with D.1978.PG.145.1-.2, the missing edges of each made up with brown wash added on the support (added by Count Antoine Seilern as per his 1955 catalogue)

Dimensions

Height: 12.4 cm
Width: 9.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1978.PG.145.3

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

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Provenance

Mrs Eugenia Zarnowska, Paris; given by her in memory of her husband, Dr Jan Zarnowski, to Count Antoine Seilern, London (1901-1978), 2 December 1957; Princes Gate Bequest 1978

Literature

Seilern, Count Antoine, Italian paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, SW7, London 1959; II
no. 145
pl. CV

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: none.

Collector's mark: none.

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