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Architectural capriccio

Maker

(artist)
1696-1756

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1657-1743

Title

Architectural capriccio

Date of Production

1700 - 1799

Medium

chalk (black), pen and ink (brown), wash (grey-blue) on laid paper (examined under microscope), with brown ink framing lines
verified under microscope

Dimensions

Height: 22.6 cm
Width: 23 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1595

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

Puttick & Simpson (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£3); Witt Bequest 1952
Nearby Witt acc. no. 1590 was purchased at Puttick & Simpson on 4 May 1923, perhaps this was as well.

Exhibition History

Scenes and Stages - Creating Architectural Illusion, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 26/06/2008-27/07/2008

Drawings from the Witt Collection, University of Southampton, 16/02/1970-04/03/1970

Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/07/1961-01/10/1961 ...More

Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943

Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1926-27

catalogue untraced, Oxford Arts Club, 1924 ...Less

Literature

Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1961
cat. no. 53

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: best seen from Verso, left centre, in raking light: star above a circle containing an anchor (dimensions approx. 60 mm h x 42 mm wide, close to Briquet 480-496, dated early to late 16th century).

Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)

Inscription: Bibiena

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