Bearded man
Maker
(artist)
1696-1770
1696-1770
Title
Bearded man
Date of Production
1745 - 1749
Medium
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 19.5 cm
Width: 12.8 cm
Width: 12.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1978.PG.384
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
acquired by Franz Koenigs, Haarlem (1881-1941) after 1931; by descent to his son W.O. Koenigs (1926-2009); his sale, Sotheby's (London), 23 March 1960, lot 11 (£ 580); purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Count Antoine Seilern (1901-1978) (£580); Princes Gate Bequest 1978
Exhibition History
Drawings by Tiepolo and Guardi in the Princes Gate Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 31/07/1982-30/01/1983
Literature
Seilern, Count Antoine, Italian paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London SW7. Addenda, London 1969; V
no. 384
pl. LXXI
Sotheby's, London, Important old master paintings, fine old master drawings, 23 March 1960
no. 11
ill.
Drawings by Tiepolo and Guardi in the Princes Gate Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 31/07/1982- 30/01/1983, cat. by Helen Braham
cat. no. 13
no. 384
pl. LXXI
Sotheby's, London, Important old master paintings, fine old master drawings, 23 March 1960
no. 11
ill.
Drawings by Tiepolo and Guardi in the Princes Gate Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 31/07/1982- 30/01/1983, cat. by Helen Braham
cat. no. 13
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: a round flower with seven petals, a circle at its centre and a stem with two leaves (not found in Heawood).
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, letters in graphite, numbers in brown ink: “no .79.”. Verso: lower left corner, graphite, circled: “95”; lower right edge, graphite, Colnaghi number: “D24373”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, letters in graphite, numbers in brown ink: “no .79.”. Verso: lower left corner, graphite, circled: “95”; lower right edge, graphite, Colnaghi number: “D24373”.
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