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Self portrait for a medallion

Maker

(artist)
1837-1911

Title

Self portrait for a medallion

Date of Production

1800-1999

Medium

graphite on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 32.7 cm
Width: 24.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1982.JW.31

Mode of Acquisition

John Witt, Art Fund bequest & grant aid, 1982

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords




Provenance

Charles Julius Knowles, London (1840-1900); Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir John Witt, London (1907-1982), March 1952 (£7); John Witt Bequest via the Art Fund 1982

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, left of centre: scrollwork around “ED&Cie”.

Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, around edges of medallion, graphite: “ALEGROS PICTOR”; right centre, graphite, signed with the artist’s initials: “A.L.”; lower centre edge, graphite: “1”. Mount (removed, cut down and now in file), graphite: “A Legros / Study for medallion self-portrait / (From the C.J Knowles collection). / Kn 125 //”.

Collector's mark: none.

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