Head Study of a Preacher
c. 1670
Artist, British, 1640 - 1698
Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and brown ink and gray wash on laid paper
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Credit Line
Gift of Lowell Libson & Jonny Yarker, Ltd., in honor of Professor Donald Stone
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Dimensions
sheet: 12.4 × 9.1 cm (4 7/8 × 3 9/16 in.)
mount: 20.8 × 17.9 cm (8 3/16 × 7 1/16 in.) -
Accession
2018.128.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Hugh Howard of Shelton [1675 - 1737]; bequeathed to his brother Robert Howard, Bishop of Elphin [1670 - 1740]; Ralph Howard, 1st Viscount Wicklow [1726 - 1786]; by descent to Eleanor, Countess of Wicklow [1915 - 1997]; (her sale, Christie's, London, 24 March 1987, part of no. 4); Colin Hunter; (his sale, Sotheby's, London, 11 July 1991, no. 8, unsold). (sale, Bellmans Sussex, 22-24 January 2014, no. 402); Private collection; (Lowell Libson & Jonny Yarker Ltd., London); gift to NGA, 2018.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2018
The Spirit & Force of Art: Drawing in Britain 1600 - 1750, Lowell Libson and Johnny Yarker, Ltd., London, 2018, no.17.
2023
Drawing in Britain, 1700 - 1900: New Additions to the Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2023.