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Landscape with tower

Maker

(artist)
1602-1660

Title

Landscape with tower

Medium

pen and ink (brown) on laid paper, laid down

Dimensions

Height: 19.9 cm
Width: 27 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1452

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

possibly William Young Ottley, London (1771-1836) [suggested by Keith Andrews, see Notes field]; Spencer (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: circle containing six-pointed star with a large circle at its centre, an “N” composed of single lines below (no match found in Heawood, Briquet or Piccard). Backing sheet, Verso: left centre: a crown? above a circle containing a large fleur-de-lis (no match found in Heawood).

Inscription: Michelangelo dele Banboci / ate //

Inscription: Michelangiolo. Cerquozzi detto delle Bambocciate, / Pittore Romano. //

Inscription: 9 [or G?] Day- (not in Lugt).

Inscription: 86

Inscription: G=D

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