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Architectural capriccio (recto)

Maker

(artist)
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

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)

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