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Man resting in a wood

Maker

(artist)
1666-1724

Title

Man resting in a wood

Medium

red chalk with stumping on laid paper, laid down

Dimensions

Height: 42.9 cm
Width: 27.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1982.JW.35

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

Laird (?); purchased there by Sir John Witt, London (1907-1982), June 1963; John Witt Bequest via the Art Fund 1982

Inscriptions

Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): upper left edge, brown ink, abraded: "Luti ch [...] mi fecit"; upper left edge, in different brown ink: "di Benedetto Luti"; upper centre, brown ink: "N: 17" [the "7" written over another number, possibly was originally "12"].

Inscription: 1007

Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir John Witt (L.646a)

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