Architectural capriccio (recto)
Maker
(artist)
1675-1741
1675-1741
Title
Architectural capriccio (recto)
Medium
black chalk, pen and brown ink, watercolour, with brown ink lines framing the scene in an oval (recto), black chalk (verso), on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 30.3 cm
Width: 22 cm
Width: 22 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1190
Mode of Acquisition
Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£3.35); Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, pen and ink (brown): “Pellegrini”. Verso: lower centre, graphite: too faint to read. Witt Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: “? Girolamo / Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini / Italian 1674-1741 / Signed or inscribed. //”.
Collector's mark: Verso, lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, pen and ink (brown): “Pellegrini”. Verso: lower centre, graphite: too faint to read. Witt Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: “? Girolamo / Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini / Italian 1674-1741 / Signed or inscribed. //”.
Collector's mark: Verso, lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
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