Portrait of a Youth (recto)

Portrait of a Youth (recto)
Portrait of a Youth (recto)
Portrait of a Youth (recto)
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Portrait of a Youth (recto)
Date
c.1750-51 (undated)
Medium
Black chalk on thin cream paper float-mounted on cream card with gold and black wash linings
Dimensions
Metric: 162 x 154 mm
Imperial: 6 3/8 x 6 in.
Accession Number
77.20
Wilson Online Reference
D26/1
Provenance
Fry Gallery, London; purchased by the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, 1977
Signature/inscription
Unsigned; no inscription
Mount inscriptions
[1] Lower right corner: 4 3/4 / 12 x 5 1/2 / 13
Related Drawings
D26/2 Portrait of a Youth (verso), The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
Critical commentary
On the evidence of the subject, drawing style and support D26 is likely to have been executed during Wilson's time in Venice (1750-51)
Condition/Conservation
Good condition overall. The present drawing is adhered to the back of a fainter three-quarter profile of a man in black chalk on a separate sheet (D26/2, q.v.). To the lower left of that is a faint inverted profile study of a man's nose and chin.This sheet, hitherto unpublished, is also in good condition.
Updated by Compiler
2015-12-10 00:00:00