Study of a male figure
Maker
After
(artist)
1503-1540
(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
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).
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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