Design for the decoration of a lunette
Maker
(artist)
1511-1574
Attributed to
(artist)
1525-1575
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1501-1547
1511-1574
Attributed to
(artist)
1525-1575
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1501-1547
Title
Design for the decoration of a lunette
Date of Production
1625 - 1675
Medium
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, cut into a lunette, partially drawn with a ruler and compass
Dimensions
Height: 22.4 cm
Width: 38.1 cm
Width: 38.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1507
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
H.E. Morritt; his sale, Sotheby's (London), 22 March 1923, lot 24; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£1); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
catalogue untraced, Oxford Arts Club, 1924
Literature
Härb, Florian, The Drawings of Giorgio Vasari (1511 - 1547), Roma 2015
no. 210
Fairbairn, Lydia, Italian Renaissance drawings from the collection of Sir John Soane's Museum, 1998
vol. II, p. 518
no. 210
Fairbairn, Lydia, Italian Renaissance drawings from the collection of Sir John Soane's Museum, 1998
vol. II, p. 518
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Verso: upper centre, graphite: checkmark; centre, graphite, erased: “[…]64”; right of centre, graphite: “9”; lower right, graphite, all erased: “2b2 £ / 6 / 242 A / 26= / 16 //”; lower left edge, graphite, abraded and partially hidden: “R[…]onaco [?] / de in Vanna orn[…] //”; lower right edge, graphite: “10/5 / P. Buo [or Biro?] //”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: upper centre, graphite: checkmark; centre, graphite, erased: “[…]64”; right of centre, graphite: “9”; lower right, graphite, all erased: “2b2 £ / 6 / 242 A / 26= / 16 //”; lower left edge, graphite, abraded and partially hidden: “R[…]onaco [?] / de in Vanna orn[…] //”; lower right edge, graphite: “10/5 / P. Buo [or Biro?] //”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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