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Bearded man

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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”.

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