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Young man seated

Maker

Attributed to
(artist)
1727-1804

Title

Young man seated

Date of Production

(circa) 1751 - 1753

Medium

red and white chalk, white opaque watercolour, with stumping on blue laid paper, laid down on a historic support, the upper edge made up

Dimensions

Height: 12.4 cm
Width: 10.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1978.PG.162

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

Deprez (London) [according to Colnaghi]; Helene de Beer, London (1898-1984); purchased from her by Colnaghi (London), 16 October 1956; purchased there by Count Antoine Seilern (1901-1978), 25 January 1957 (£25); Princes Gate Bequest 1978

Literature

Knox, George, Giambattista and Domenico Tiepolo: a study and catalogue raisonné of the chalk drawings, Oxford 1980
no. M.291

Seilern, Count Antoine, Corrigenda and Addenda to the Catalogue of paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, London 1971
no. 162

Levey, Michael, Review of 'Domenico Tiepolo: his earliest activity and a monograph' in 'Burlington Magazine', 1963 - pp. 128-29 and 131; CV
p. 129 ...More

Seilern, Count Antoine, Italian paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, SW7, London 1959; II
no. 162
pl. CXXII ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: possibly at lower centre, but unable to discern through the support.

Inscription: Support (historic), Recto: lower right corner, graphite, Colnaghi number: “A21732CX”. Support (historic), Verso: lower left corner, graphite: “6”.

Collector's mark: none.

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