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Study of a male figure

Maker

After
(artist)
1503-1540

Title

Study of a male figure

Date of Production

1500 - 1599

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, added black ink (and some bodycolour?) on rear foot, on laid paper, with framing lines in ink (?) now covered in gold, presumably from a former mount, which have been trimmed away on the lower edge

Dimensions

Height: 14.2 cm
Width: 7.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1982.JW.37

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

Nicholas Lanier, London (1588-1666); Chiltern (?); purchased there by Sir John Witt, London (1907-1982), n.d.; John Witt Bequest via the Art Fund 1982

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, right centre edge, fragment: possibly tip of a small crown, but too fragmentary to identify.

Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, brown ink, Lanier's hand?: "P[rest crossed and rubbed out but presumably the artist's name]".

Collector's mark: Recto: lower left, stamped in black: Nicholas Lanier (L.2886).

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